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The WA Premier and Opposition Leader clash over voluntary euthanasia and the Safe Schools program during a public question and answer session organised by the Australian Christian Lobby in the lead-up to the state election.
Topics: elections, religion-and-beliefs, government-and-politics, schools, euthanasia, wa
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Relationships will always change when a partner becomes a carer. But what happens to a relationship when one partner has dementia? Dr Ranjana Srivastiva shares one couple's journey.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, carers, health, euthanasia, australia
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If Australian lawmakers can learn anything from Canada's experience with euthanasia, it's that difficult issues don't finish with passing the law.
Topics: ethics, euthanasia, health, medical-ethics, canada
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Residents at an aged care facility in Victoria have mixed opinions about legalising assisted dying, but most would like to have the choice.
Topics: death, euthanasia, aged-care, inglewood-3517
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High-profile euthanasia advocate Dr Rodney Syme successfully appeals a ban imposed on him by the Medical Board of Australia stopping him from providing advice to terminally ill patients.
Topics: euthanasia, courts-and-trials, doctors-and-medical-professionals, melbourne-3000, vic
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Supporters of assisted dying in Western Australia welcomes moves to introduce legislation in Victoria and say there are plans to introduce their own "mirrored" bills into State Parliament.
Topics: euthanasia, aged-care, death, states-and-territories, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa, vic
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The Victorian Government will introduce a bill to legalise assisted dying to the Parliament in the second half of 2017, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
Topics: euthanasia, state-parliament, government-and-politics, parliament, death, vic
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| UpdatedDisability rights campaigner Belinda Rogers does not believe society is ready for legalised euthanasia, which could make it easier to die than to have access to a fulfilling life.
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| UpdatedA Victorian Government plan to hold a conscience vote on assisted dying has divided doctors, the state's Australian Medical Association (AMA) says, amid calls for more funding for palliative care in the state.
Topics: euthanasia, health-administration, state-parliament, parliament, melbourne-3000, vic
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Sue Jensen has beaten cancer once and intends to do so again. But, she is still hoping the Victorian Government sees fit to legalise assisted dying.
Topics: euthanasia, health-policy, ethics, medical-ethics, death, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedAs the Victorian Government prepares for a conscience vote on assisted dying, one woman fights for her right to have a choice.
Topics: euthanasia, health-policy, ethics, death, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government accepts a cross-party committee's recommendation to legalise assisted dying and looks set to hold a conscience vote on the issue next year.
Topics: euthanasia, state-parliament, parliament, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedPalliative care doctors are warning the Victorian Government not to legalise euthanasia in its current state, arguing that it prioritises patients who choose assisted suicide at the expense of those receiving end-of-life care.
Topics: suicide, community-and-society, euthanasia, health, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe next attempt to introduce voluntary euthanasia laws in South Australia might follow Victoria's approach to the issue, after the controversial proposal was knocked back for the 15th time.
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| UpdatedThe mother of cancer victim Kylie Monaghan, who spent her final months campaigning for voluntary euthanasia, wants SA Parliament to revisit the issue.
Topics: euthanasia, community-and-society, state-parliament, laws, medical-ethics, ethics, bio-ethics, adelaide-5000, port-pirie-5540
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Wife and mother Helen Clark has motor neurone disease and is just one of many awaiting the result of a vote in South Australia's Parliament on voluntary euthanasia.
Topics: euthanasia, state-parliament, sa