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.

The Tasmanian Government must immediately set up an inquiry into assisted suicide, after Mike Gaffney produced a third incarnation of his assisted suicide Bill with 59 new clauses, the Australian Christian Lobby said today.

The Australian Christian Lobby has today contradicted claims by Mike Gaffney MLC that people of faith should not influence public policy.

The Australian Christian Lobby today called on the Tasmanian Labor Party to pull back from its stated intent to support Mike Gaffney MLC’s ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill.