Voluntary assisted dying laws pass in Queensland
LAWS allowing euthanasia have pass in Queensland today with a clear majority of support from members of parliament. During a ...
LAWS allowing euthanasia have pass in Queensland today with a clear majority of support from members of parliament. During 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 Archbishop Mark Coleridge has issued a letter urging Catholics, their families and friends to sign a petition to the ...
ALBANY Creek parishioner Shirley Strickland stands firm against euthanasia and still hopes a majority of Queensland’s politicians will drop their ...
QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier Steven Miles said Church-run health facilities and nursing homes must allow voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill patients ...
SHOULD the Lord’s Prayer be recited at the start of each parliamentary day? It’s a tradition followed in Queensland’s single-chamber ...
BISHOP Timothy Harris continues to speak out publicly to persuade Queensland politicians supporting euthanasia they are making a grave mistake. ...
By Mark Bowling OXLEY Catholic John Simpson didn’t mind braving Brisbane’s early morning chill to protest the government’s push for ...
Family: Pia and Arnie Hurdoyal with their son Micah Joseph. AS the Queensland border is set to reopen to Greater ...
Death push: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was victorious in the state election. QUEENSLAND is on a precarious path to legalise ...
Dignity: “Nobody is morally compelled to suffer unbearable pain, nobody should feel like a burden, and nobody should feel that ...
Concerns: “Experience overseas indicates the real possibility that once euthanasia laws are passed, no matter how tight the initial restrictions, ...
Sacrament questioned: "In the Sacrament of Penance, the relationship between priest and penitent is unlike any other relationship, because the ...
Untimely deaths: Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board reported 124 deaths by assisted suicide and euthanasia during its first year, ...
Horror laws: The Act allows abortion on request up to 22 weeks’ gestation, and allows abortion after 22 weeks with ...
Euthanasia: Both One Nation and Katter’s Australian Party say they won’t join moves to legalise voluntary assisted dying for the ...
Confessional woes: A group of survivors of sexual abuse have defended the priestly seal of confession as a vital lifeline ...
Recognition: Binta Lamin, left, and Annaliese Young were both finalists in Queensland Day Awards. IF Binta Lamin could remember the ...
Doors opening: Parishioners gather, suitably distanced, outside St Brigid’s after Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and ...
Responsibility: "It is absolutely critical that the government’s final response to the committee reports is informed by the views and ...
Sacrament questioned: If a priest directly violated the seal – that is, directly identified a penitent and linked them to ...
Better standards: “Our goal is to get people in the industry singing off the same hymn sheet.” A SENIOR professional ...
Life support: Marchers at last year’s March for Life in Brisbane’s city streets. Photo: Alan Edgecomb PRO-life group Cherish Life ...
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