Claims by former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks that state-sanctioned assisted suicide can be made safe defy the frightening reality that where it is legal, the vulnerable are being killed against their will, warns the Australian Christian Lobby.

The Victorian Government should drop its plans to introduce state-sanctioned assisted suicide following fresh concerns raised by St Vincent’s that it could not take part in the killing of patients. 

Any person over age 75 will be able to receive euthanasia - even when perfectly healthy - under proposed law in the Netherlands, as Dutch doctors warn that euthanasia is ‘getting out of hand’.

Suicide on demand seems to be the real public policy goal of Australia’s most famous euthanasia activist, Dr Philip Nitschke, following his response to a triple suicide of a non-terminally ill family on the Gold Coast.

Valiant Victorian pro-life member of parliament, Rachel Carling-Jenkins MLC has this morning joined the Australia Conservatives as their first Victorian MP. 

The Australian Christian Lobby has called on Labor MPs to resist calls for an inquiry into legislating for state-sanctioned assisted suicide when the Labor caucus meets next week.

On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the Australian Christian Lobby has called on the Victorian Government to resist calls to provide for state-sanctioned assisted suicide in the face of startling figures of elder abuse.

Calls for the Victorian Government to ban ‘boozy’ billboards are a welcome addition to the national child safe, ‘G’ rated billboard campaign, says the Australian Christian Lobby.

The Australian Christian Lobby thanks Tasmania’s parliamentarians for voting today 16 to 8 against a dangerous euthanasia bill that would have given access to assisted suicide to those suffering from non-terminal illnesses, such as chronic arthritis or disabilities. 

The Interim Report of the Ministerial Advisory Panel, released by the Victorian Government this week, proves there are no effective safeguards for the proposed assisted suicide legislation in Victoria, argues the Australian Christian Lobby.