People opt for euthanasia ‘out of fear’ of being a burden
A LEADING bioethicist has claimed that many people who request euthanasia do so not because of pain – but because they ...
A LEADING bioethicist has claimed that many people who request euthanasia do so not because of pain – but because they ...
A SIMPLE conversation with his daughter convinced a Brisbane Catholic medical specialist to mount an ongoing fight against euthanasia. Queensland ...
PEOPLE have a right to life, not to death, Pope Francis said. He said death must be welcomed but never ...
Question Time by Fr John Flader QUESTION: I was born in Africa and migrated to Australia with my family many ...
Question Time by Fr John Flader Question: I have heard that where euthanasia is legal some health insurance companies are ...
QUEENSLAND’S members of parliament voted emphatically to legalise euthanasia last week, reflecting public opinion, but without heeding Church, medical and ...
LAWS allowing euthanasia have pass in Queensland today with a clear majority of support from members of parliament. During a ...
As Queensland MPs prepare to vote for or against a bill to allow euthanasia, Australian Jesuit academic Fr Frank Brennan ...
QUEENSLAND members of parliament will cast their votes today on whether to legalise euthanasia. After two days of debating a ...
DR Christian Rowan pointed out serious flaws in the proposed euthanasia laws in a speech to Queensland Parliament. Dr Rowan, ...
QUEENSLAND Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli has vowed in state parliament to vote against legalising euthanasia because of “the ...
A HIGHLY-experienced chest doctor says wrongful deaths will occur under Queensland’s proposed euthanasia laws, due to misdiagnosis. Thoracic physician, Dr ...
BRISBANE'S influential Vietnamese Catholic community is petitioning their local member, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, to reject “dangerous” euthanasia laws. The 3000-strong ...
BRISBANE Archbishop Mark Coleridge has issued a letter urging Catholics, their families and friends to sign a petition to the ...
IF Queensland MPs support the introduction of euthanasia laws next month, Catholic hospitals have vowed to resist allowing doctors to ...
A MARCH for Life in Brisbane on August 28 aims to rally public opposition against euthanasia just days before Queensland’s ...
TOWNSVILLE Bishop Tim Harris said his “heart sank” when he attended a public hearing on voluntary assisted dying in Townsville ...
SOUTH Australia has become the fourth state to legalise euthanasia after the VAD 2020 Bill passed the state parliament yesterday. ...
QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier Steven Miles said Church-run health facilities and nursing homes must allow voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill patients ...
A CATHOLIC network of hospitals and aged care services has stepped up a campaign demanding access to quality palliative care ...
BISHOP Timothy Harris continues to speak out publicly to persuade Queensland politicians supporting euthanasia they are making a grave mistake. ...
Letter to Qld's Premier Palaszczuk urges a massive spending boost to palliative care: “The truth is that thousands of Queenslanders ...
By Mark Bowling OXLEY Catholic John Simpson didn’t mind braving Brisbane’s early morning chill to protest the government’s push for ...
New finding: More doctors and nurses needed to work in palliative care. AUSTRALIA has only half the number of palliative ...
Concerning: Some of the final submissions to the Queensland Law Reform Commission raise complex issues about the bill’s legal framework ...
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