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Best Wishes to All Our Members and Supporters for 2018 DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018 BEST WISHES TO ALL OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS FOR 2018. IT’S BEEN AN HISTORIC 2017 WITH THE PASSING OF THE VICTORIAN VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR TASMANIA TO BE NEXT – AND THERE’S GOOD COMPETITION FOR THAT HONOUR! IN THIS ISSUE: • THANK YOU AND BEST WISHES TO LARA GIDDINGS • TASMANIA – ANOTHER BILL AFTER STATE ELECTION • VICTORIA BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO PASS A VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING LAW • PROGRESS ELSEWHERE – NSW, WA, ACT, and NZ • AGM and new Committee THANK YOU AND BEST WISHES TO LARA GIDDINGS As you may be aware, the co-sponsor of the 2013 and 2016 voluntary assisted dying Bills, Lara Giddings, is not standing again at the upcoming State election. She has been a passionate, committed and hard-working advocate for the legislation in the Tasmanian Parliament. And we’re delighted she is going to continue to work with us to get a compassionate, safe and effective Tasmanian assisted dying law. Thank you, Lara, and our very best wishes for the future. YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE PO Box 1022, Sandy Bay TAS 7006 0450 545 167 [email protected] www.dwdtas.org.au TASMANIA – NEW BILL AFTER STATE don’t hesitate to call if you want the ELECTION information ahead of time if doing a pre-poll or postal vote. The Tasmanian State election will be held in What we know at present: March. At the time of writing the date has not We already know the views of existing MPs been announced but it will be 3 or 17 March. who are recontesting their seats because of It is critically important for supporters of their vote and speeches on 24 May 2017 on voluntary assisted dying legislation to be re- the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill. We also know elected or elected for the first time. the views of some of the new candidates as One of the advantages of our Hare-Clark voting noted. We expect that all Greens candidates system of multi-member electorates is that are in support but will check. people committed to a particular Party can still BASS: choose between candidates in that Party to vote for those who support VAD. 1. MPs who voted FOR the Bill: Andrea Dawkins (Greens), Michelle O’Byrne (Labor). Although Lara will not be in the new Parliament, there are strong supporters who New candidates FOR: Adam Gore (Labor) will be. We are very pleased that Cassy advised us last election that he was in favour. O’Connor, the co-sponsor of the latest Bill, has 2. MPs who voted AGAINST the Bill: Peter already declared her commitment to another Gutwein, Michael Ferguson and Sarah VAD Bill in the new Parliament. Rebecca Courtney (all Liberal) White, Labor Leader, is also a strong supporter and we hope will play a leadership role on any BRADDON: new Bill. 1. MPs who voted FOR the Bill: Nil What you can do: 2. MPs who voted AGAINST the Bill: Shane • Raise the issue with candidates in your Broad (Labor); Jeremy Rockliff, Adam electorate, tell them why you support the Brooks, Roger Jaensch and Joan Rylah (all legislation and ask their views. Encourage Liberal) them to contact DwDTas for more DENISON: information and to discuss any issues. Let us know their responses – pro, anti or non- 1. MPs who voted FOR the Bill: Cassy committal. Given how much debate there O’Connor (Greens); Scott Bacon (Labor) has been on the issue, any candidate still 2. MPs who voted AGAINST the Bill: sitting on the fence has to be regarded as Madeleine Ogilvie (Labor) anti and therefore not someone to be New candidates FOR: Ella Haddad and Tim Cox voted for. (Labor). We also have reason to believe that • Write to the papers, raise the issue in Sue Hickey (Liberal) is in support in principle talkback radio. but this will be checked. • Talk to your friends and family about the FRANKLIN: issue and encourage them to vote for pro- 1. MPs who voted FOR the Bill: Rosalie VAD candidates. Woodruff (Greens); Nic Street (Liberal) Survey of candidates: We will be surveying 2. MPs who voted AGAINST the Bill: Will candidates and will combine the results with Hodgman and Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal) any information you can provide. We aim to get a newsletter out before the vote. Please 2 New candidates FOR: David O’Byrne and possible to live their lives free of Alison Standen (Labor) government restriction. I believe this bill LYONS: does that; that we are able to involve people in decisions about their own end of 1. MPs who voted FOR the Bill: Rebecca life care rather than leaving it to doctors to White (Labor) make the decision”. 2. MPs who voted AGAINST the Bill: Guy • The same principled and informed Barnett, Rene Hidding and Mark Shelton approach was not taken by other MPs who (all Liberal) voted against it. The least the community Adding to that information is this re-cap of the deserves and expects is that our 24 May debate and vote: Parliamentary representatives give time and effort to the Bill, given its significance • Only 1 Liberal, Nic Street (Franklin) voted and the overwhelming majority support in for the Bill, the first and only Tasmanian the community for a legal voluntary Liberal MP to vote for any of the 3 Bills assisted dying option. This is what 16 of since 2009. This reflects the pattern of them failed to do. voting on previous Tasmanian Bills and all other recent Australian Bills – ie no Liberal • Only the Premier accepted our invitation to MPs or a very small proportion vote for meet but did not raise any of his specific voluntary assisted dying Bills – even when concerns about the Bill that he later raised some express their support in principle. in his speech nor did he or his advisers follow up with either DwDTas or the co- • During the debate, Sarah Courtney, Roger sponsors of the Bill between 20 Feb and 24 Jaensch and Mark Shelton indicated their May. support in principle but chose not to act as Nic Street did when they had the • Apart from the Premier, none of the others opportunity to do so. who voted against it accepted our invitation to meet with us or the co- • Nic Street provided a principled, sponsors of the Bill. Their speeches show thoughtfully argued position and he was they failed to make acceptable efforts to the only Liberal to go through the Bill in inform themselves, to seek information or detail with DwDTas, to ask us questions advice or discuss issues of concern - as they about that detail and to show in his speech should have done as MPs representing the how carefully he had considered the Bill community. and the different arguments for and against it. As he said in his speech: “I made • Those who voted against the Bill did so at a conscious decision to seek out more the Second Reading stage and effectively people who were against the bill than were blocked the full and open debate on the for it. There was not a single person I details of the Bill. knocked back who asked for an • Seven Liberal MPs voted for an appointment in my office”. amendment to send the Bill to another • He rejected the ‘slippery slope’ argument inquiry. Six of them had not discussed their and said he had “trust that future concerns beforehand with the proponents parliaments, if I am not a member of them, or DwDTas. will protect the safeguards in this bill”. He • When the amendment was lost, only Nic also argued his support was consistent with Street voted for the Bill. Those who voted his “fundamental belief as a Liberal” on for an inquiry and then subsequently “how to give people the most autonomy against the Bill were the Premier, Will 3 Hodgman (Franklin), Peter Gutwein and House, only 14% of Liberals did so and two Sarah Courtney (Bass), Adam Brooks and female Liberal MPs abstained. Only 1 out of 8 Roger Jaensch (Braddon), and Mark (or 12.5%) Nationals MPs voted for it, a female Shelton (Lyons). MP. In the Upper House, 81% of Labor MPs, 100% of Greens and 31% of Liberals voted for • Liberal Speaker, Elise Archer, did not speak it. or vote on the Bill but voted against the very similar 2013 Bill and has made no Attached to this newsletter is a summary of statements of support. the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 taken If you want any additional information before from the Queensland University of Technology you speak to candidates or before voting in the End of Life Law website. State election, please contact us. Key points of particular interest to Tasmanians are: VICTORIAN BREAKTHROUGH! • The Act will not come into operation for 18 months as work is done for As you would be aware, Victoria has become implementation, information, training, etc. the first State to pass a voluntary assisted • The residency requirement - To be eligible dying law. This was an historic breakthrough someone must be “ordinarily resident in after decades of advocacy and lobbying, Victoria, and, at the time of making a first especially by our friends at Dying with Dignity request for VAD, have been resident in Victoria such as Dr Rodney Syme. Victoria for at least 12 months”. • The Victorian Act is based on the model of It came 20 years after the Northern Territory Oregon and other US legislation, with became the first Australian voluntary assisted additional restrictive requirements. The dying law in the Northern Territory was Tasmanian 2013 and 2016 Bills follow the overturned by the undemocratic Kevin Canadian model, which we find was based Andrews Euthanasia Laws Act 1997.
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