The Palaszczuk Government looks set to ignore the professional advice from the Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) and rush to introduce assisted suicide legislation.

On 11 November we remember those who died so that we might live. The Tasmanian Upper House has just voted to enable those who live to encourage people to die.

Tasmania is one step closer to allowing its citizens to end their own lives after the assisted suicide legislation passed in the Upper House yesterday. This is not something to celebrate.

Thank you to literally hundreds of Queensland ACL volunteers who successfully took a message of truth and of life to the hearts and minds of everyday Queenslanders in the streets of our great State. You were magnificent! Ultimately the desire for safety from COVID-19 won the day.

The push for euthanasia continues around the country. So, what’s wrong with helping people end their suffering?

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk shocked Queenslanders at yesterday’s ALP election campaign launch by announcing that a re-elected Labor government would introduce legislation for assisted suicide in February 2021. This position sidelines an important Law Reform Commission report due in March 2021.

End of life issues are complex and need thorough consideration as they concern the most vulnerable people in the community. The Mike Gaffney Bill which encourages assisted suicide is rushed, ill-considered and fundamentally flawed. It must be rejected by the Tasmanian Parliament.

From 24-26 August, Professor Ian Olver AM and I had the unique opportunity of speaking to most Tasmanian MPs in relation to Mike Gaffney’s assisted suicide Bill.

Over 30,000 Queensland supporters of the Australian Christian Lobby hold the Christian belief that human life is sacred, to be respected and protected. This contradicts a poll commissioned by the Clem Jones Trust, set up to rush in assisted suicide. The Trust would have Queenslanders believe that the majority of churchgoers support assisted suicide.

‘Euthanasia’ comes from the Greek meaning ‘a good death’. Assisted suicide advocates claim that their form of ‘a good death’ will assure a peaceful death free from suffering.