Tag: Euthanasia
Monica Doumit: With religious freedom under grave threat, how did it...
: Recent years have seen many anti-family and anti-faith laws and policies introduced in Australia and around the world. Are they a series of unfortunate, yet unrelated events, or is there more to the story?
Conscientious objections downplayed in ACT dying report
A parliamentary inquiry into the ACT's proposed voluntary assisted dying laws has been criticised for a “serious omission” in making no recommendations for conscientious objection provisions in its majority report.
Sign the petition: Outcry over palliative care funding cuts
Liberal MLC Susan Carter is urging people to petition for the restoration of palliative care funding to the levels promised by the former Coalition government
More than 100 killed in South Australia euthanasia scheme’s first year
Numbers expected to increase in South Australia, as ACT prepares to introduce nation's most extreme voluntary assisted dying scheme
ACT Human Rights Commission pushes dying laws for youth and those...
The Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commission is pushing hard for children, teenagers and people who lack capacity to give consent at the time...
Updated: Court ruling on telehealth euthanasia ‘win for commonsense’ says Bishops’...
A Federal Court judge has ruled that euthanasia by telehealth is illegal, a decision welcomed by Bishop Timothy Harris of Townsville
‘Not right’ for Catholics choosing VAD to receive Eucharist, bishops advise
Catholics seeking euthanasia should not receive the anointing of the sick and the Eucharist said Australian Catholic Bishops.
Tough year for ‘battle-weary’ Catholics
As Australia’s politicians prepared to close up shop, there were a number of developments of note to people of faith.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Voluntary Assisted Dying divides us into two...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: As euthanasia comes into effect in NSW, I call on lawmakers to give us legal space to provide compassionate care
Brigid Meney: Euthanasia vs the Good Samaritan
Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws commence operation on 28 November, making interventions designed to end a life, legal in New South Wales.
VAD palliative care concerns
Questions raised by Catholic MLC Susan Carter have revealed concerning plans for the co-delivery of palliative care and Voluntary Assisted Dying in NSW health districts when VAD comes online on 28 November.
Canada now in euthanasia freefall
Horrifying new statistics from Canada’s euthanasia regime have prompted further warnings from pro-life groups, with NSW’s own voluntary assisted dying (VAD) own scheme less than a month from commencement.
