Opinion
A bid to seize the agenda on euthanasia coupled with the latest failed foray into shop trading reform smacks of a Government seeking a legacy and, writes Tom Richardson, getting its timing all wrong.
News
A group of disgruntled Liberals met with Steven Marshall to resolve their concerns before last night’s party-room meeting, at which the Premier backtracked from his commitment to hold a parliamentary debate on voluntary euthanasia in Government time.
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Voluntary euthanasia is poised to be legalised in South Australia, with a dramatic shift in the number of lower house MPs likely to support the measure as they prepare to debate the 17th bid to legislate assisted dying.
Fledgling Labor frontbencher Nat Cook is emerging as the likely candidate to carry the torch for voluntary euthanasia in parliament this term, as right-to-die advocates grapple with the absence of a generation of Lower House champions for change.
Laws allowing voluntary assisted dying have passed Victoria’s lower house after a marathon debate, with exhausted MPs voting 47-37 to pass the controversial bill.
UPDATED: The architect of the voluntary euthanasia bill that was killed off by a single vote in state parliament early this morning says he doesn’t know whether he will pursue controversial right-to-die legislation again.
