House vote on allowing territories to legalise voluntary assisted dying likely this week
- Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
AAP/Mick TsikasIn 1997, Tony Burke was a high profile organiser mustering support to quash a law that had been passed in the Northern Territory to allow euthanasia.
Although not yet in parliament, Burke, who was executive director of Euthanasia No!, worked hand in glove with then Liberal MP Kevin Andrews, sponsor of the private member’s...
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