The LNP leader has brushed off a third day of questions about abortion laws,while the premier has promised to grant Labor MPs a conscience vote.
The LNP leader again insisted there would be no change to abortion or assisted dying laws if he were premier. But it might not be up to him.
While LNP leader David Crisafulli has promised “no change” to assisted dying laws,moral and legal sensitivities are already evident in how the scheme is being run.
Although denied by leader David Crisafulli,speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.
Wendy Mitchell spent a decade educating people about living with dementia. Now her daughter wants to tell us about how she died,and why it didn’t have to be that way.
Since NSW became the last state in Australia to offer voluntary assisted dying in November,hundreds of people have applied. These are some of their stories.
Dr Nick Carr said Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying laws need to be brought into line with other states,which allow doctors to raise the issue.
Cherryl and Ron promised each other they would leave the world at a time of their own choosing. Ron never got to choose his time,his widow reflects. So she is fighting to choose hers.
The Coroners Court in Brisbane opened the inquest into the death of a man found dead at home by his adult daughter.
The Rights Forum described him as “idiosyncratic” and said that Van Agt and his wife were very ill,but “couldn’t live without each other”.
Victoria’s Health Department has said it will “not consider” expanding the scheme to people with dementia,or permit doctors to initiate conversations about voluntary assisted dying with terminally ill patients.