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Euthanasia

Monday November 25

Christians extremely disappointed on Labor’s rushed voluntary assisted dying plans

The leaders of Queensland’s largest Christian churches have jointly expressed their shock and disappointment at the Queensland Premier’s changed promise on euthanasia legislation

Anglican and Catholic Churches testify before euthanasia inquiry

Last Friday, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall was joined by the Anglican Bishop for North Queensland, Bishop Keith Joseph, and the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane’s Archbishop Mark Coleridge, in advocating before the Queensland Parliamentary Committee Inquiry hearing into aged care, end-of-life and palliative care and voluntary assisted dying

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has fast tracked a Parliamentary inquiry into the possible legalisation of doctor-assisted dying for the terminally ill

Diocese tells Queensland Parliament ‘No’ to assisted dying laws

Queensland MPs are asking the public for their views on the introduction of voluntary assisted dying laws, with a report due by November and the Diocese rejecting the idea

Diocese engages with palliative care and euthanasia debate

The Anglican Church Southern Queensland advocates for more funding and resources for palliative care through the Queensland Health Palliative Care Services Review