Last weekend a significant motion was passed at the Liberal Party Federal Council.

One which may protect the vulnerable in Victoria and be a significant roadblock to the assisted suicide scheme in Victoria if Premier Andrews loses the upcoming election.

In November 2017, the ACT Legislative Assembly established a Select Committee to review and report on end of life choices in the ACT. Australian Christian Lobby provided the attached submission.

Headlines last week were dominated by the case of Australian scientist David Goodall, who travelled to Switzerland in order to legally end his own life at 104 year old with no significant health complications.

Politicians in Victoria need to restore trust and build integrity following the revelations of electoral fraud in addition to a myriad of broken social policy commitments by the governing Labor Party, according to the Australian Christian Lobby, a non-party partisan lobby group.

Not willing to accept the rejection of a euthanasia bill a little over a year ago, members of the South Australian Labor Party have indicated it would be back on the agenda should it win the March 17 election.

The South Australian Election will be held in under two weeks on the 17^th March. Labor Premier Jay Weatherill, the Opposition Leader Steven Marshall and the Nick Xenophon led SA Best Party battle it out for who lead SA for the next four years.

Options for Tasmanian voters against state-sanctioned suicide have narrowed with Jacqui Lambie Network this week openly joining The Greens and Labor in promoting a euthanasia agenda.    

Tasmania is in the midst of the gripping state election campaign with both major parties neck and neck ahead of election this weekend. Tune in to Voice for Values this week as we speak to ACL Tasmanian Director Mark Brown.

Only a few days out from the election and Labor has still not responded to our questionnaire on behalf of its candidates.

Do they have something to hide?

The Landscape

Tasmania is traditionally a Labor dominated state:  Of 21 elections contested by the Liberal Party, only six have gone their way.

Coming off a 16-year Labor rule, the Liberals were elected in a landslide victory in 2014 gaining 15 of the 25 lower house seats.