1. Shut down and steal the Catholic hospital. 2. Kill the children

16 Responses to 1. Shut down and steal the Catholic hospital. 2. Kill the children

1. C.L. says:

   29 June, 2023 at 12:20 am

   Teenagers as young as 14 could access euthanasia in Canberra as the Labor-Greens government considers the most liberal ­voluntary assisted dying framework in Australia.

   The ACT government – led by Chief Minister Andrew Barr – on Thursday will release its ­community consultation report on an assisted-suicide framework, with a final model to be ready by the end of the year.

   Human Rights Minister Tara Cheyne told The Australian she was considering allowing minors as young as 14 to be eligible for ­assisted suicide, with the ACT for the first time able to legalise euthanasia after being given the green light by federal parliament.

   Ms Cheyne rejected a requirement by other Australian jurisdictions that assisted-suicide could only be accessed by people with an “arbitrary” expected death timeline of between six and 12 months.

   The government has committed to investigate how it can ­include people with dementia ­accessing euthanasia once the laws have passed parliament.

   Ms Cheyne, who is taking carriage of the reform instead of Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith, said she had “heard very clearly from the community that 18 is considered to be an arbitrary limit”.

   She said this was “particularly given that young people under the age of 18 can also experience intolerable end-of-life suffering through terminal illnesses, and that they should have the same end of life choices as adults”.

   The Barr government’s ­assisted-suicide program could be accessed by people with a “link” to the ACT, including residents of nearby NSW towns such as Queanbeyan.

   NSW, Victoria, Western ­Australia, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania have legalised assisted suicide for people over 18 years old who have a terminal illness.

   A terminally ill person in Queensland is able to access ­assisted suicide if doctors say they have fewer than 12 months to live, with the timeframe being six months in other states.

   Ms Cheyne said there was ­little appetite in Canberra to restrict euthanasia based on a timeframe on when someone was expected to die.

   “Certainly, what we have heard loud and clear is that a timeframe to death that has been applied in Victoria, and in all of the ensuing states of being 12 or six months, and that being the prognosis to death, has been problematic within the states,” she said.

   “There are some people who do receive a terminally ill ­diagnosis, but it may be several years until they are given a ­prognosis that they have less than 12 months or less than six months to live. The feedback that we’ve heard is really considered to be arbitrary in terms of timeframes and it’s much more about the definition of someone who is terminally ill and is suffering.”

   A survey conducted by the ACT government found that 48 per cent of territory residents believed a person needed to have a disease that was “advanced, progressive and will cause death” and just 32 per cent believed that a patient had to be aged 18 or older.

   The announcement comes as Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Archbishop Christopher Prowse raised concerns about the ACT government’s acquisition of palliative care facility Clare Holland House, following the forced takeover of Calvary Hospital.

   Calvary Health Care announced “with a heavy heart” this week that it would surrender the hospice to the Barr government after the Catholic health provider reached an agreement to ensure the Canberra facility was “supported by remaining directly ­connected with the public hospital to ensure continuity of care for patients”.

   The archdiocese has been outspoken about its opposition to voluntary assisted dying.

   “I would say the timing is suspicious,” Archbishop Prowse said.

   “It’s almost that you get the impression that the government is clearing the decks to prepare for whatever they’ve got in mind for the euthanasia legislation that they want to bring in at some stage. Clearly the Catholic Church is concerned … that what’s happening here is forming a precedent that other left-wing governments are prepared to act in such a draconian way, that is very un-Australian and very undemocratic.

   “I hope I’m exaggerating, but it does set a precedent and that really does concern us – that not only the Catholic Church, but all faith-based groups that are involved in health care, would have to be on their guard against this and be concerned a great deal about this.

   “In 100 years’ time when people look back on this … they’ll say it was a low moment in Australian democracy that a government would act in such a cowboy way.”

   Ms Cheyne said the Barr government was committed to examining an assisted=-suicide option for dementia sufferers once the legislation had passed, though it would wait until voluntary assisted dying had been operating in the territory for several years.

   “We were clear in our discussion paper that we would not be pursuing voluntary assisted dying being incorporated as part of advanced care planning for people who have lost capacity like with advanced dementia,” she said.

   “But given we’ve noted the strength of the support in the ACT, what we will do (on Thursday) is I will publicly commit our government to considering this issue further.”

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   Rhiannon Down in The Australian
2. NFA says:

   29 June, 2023 at 1:32 am

   3. Ban Public Prayer
3. NFA says:

   29 June, 2023 at 2:15 am

   Will the ACT communist Nazis fund a ‘deathline’ as well as the existing ‘lifeline’?
4. Buccaneer says:

   29 June, 2023 at 7:05 am

   Kate Cornell, accidentally, outside the facility, after it had closed. Andrew Barr, hold my beer, we can do it inside the facility, while it’s operating, intentionally and repeatedly.
5. Entropy says:

   29 June, 2023 at 7:10 am

   The bigger issue is the increase in time before the end of life expectancy. They just added in the 14yo but to distract.
   Eventually a person who got terminally ill will be expected to euthanise rather than become a financial burden on the people as soon as practicable after being diagnosed.

   There are some people who do receive a terminally ill ­diagnosis, but it may be several years until they are given a ­prognosis that they have less than 12 months or less than six months to live. The feedback that we’ve heard is really considered to be arbitrary in terms of timeframes and it’s much more about the definition of someone who is terminally ill and is suffering.”
6. Fat Tony says:

   29 June, 2023 at 7:55 am

   Teenagers as young as 14 could access euthanasia in Canberra
   And get their dicks cut off & de-sexed BUT:
   No Alcohol
   No Cigarettes
   No Gambling
   No Tattoos
   Until 18+
7. rosie says:

   29 June, 2023 at 8:40 am

   Public ‘prayer’ is on the rise.
   Every meeting two or three public servants do an ‘acknowledgement’ pre further pointless waffle.
   Bonus points for mentioning the tribe specific to the location of your family home.
   And I’m remembering all the angst about how opposition to same sex marriage was causing lgbt youth to suicide enmasse, now it’s
   Roll up! Roll up!
8. Buccaneer says:

   29 June, 2023 at 9:01 am

   This framework has led to several disturbing cases, such as Roger Foley, a man with Degenerative Brain Disorder who was hospitalized in London, Ontario. He became so alarmed at how frequently he was being asked about euthanasia, he began recording the conversations. In one of these conversations, the hospital’s director of ethics mentioned while “discussing” MAiD with him that continuing his care to live would cost the hospital “north of $1,500 a day.” Defenders of MAiD will defend that the lack of regulations give autonomy to patients when, in reality, they only offer the choice of death while accepting that the choice to live is denied. As Lemmens stated in the same interview, “We’re basically sending the message that persons with disabilities who are not dying have an understandable reason to end their life. And this is discriminatory.”

   When even the socialists think this is going too far, why isn’t the media standing up for the disadvantaged? https://www.leftvoice.org/death-by-poverty-canadas-assisted-dying-program-exposes-fault-lines-in-healthcare/
9. Rabz says:

   29 June, 2023 at 9:23 am

   collectivism (like islam) is a death cult.
10. C.L. says:

    29 June, 2023 at 9:46 am

    Stop the rot: sack the glorified local council that is the ACT government.

    The Labor-Greens coalition, which has run Canberra for almost 22 years, is out of control and behaving like a regime that can do what it wants with impunity. It’s time for Anthony Albanese to call in the administrators.

    Anthony Albanese needs to call in the administrators and sack the glorified local council that is the ACT government.

    The Labor-Greens coalition, which has run Canberra for almost 22 years, is out of control and behaving like a regime that can do what it wants with impunity.

    It has ignored police advice to not decriminalise hard drugs, banned gas from homes, imposed a rent cap, forced pet owners to keep their cats locked up 24 hours a day, installed speed cameras on 40km/h roads in the city centre, and claims 100 per cent renewable usage despite drawing the bulk of its energy from the National Electricity Market.

    ACT Chief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr – who slugs Canberra homeowners with massive quarterly rates bills while offering free registration to those who can afford zero-emissions vehicles – on Tuesday announced a $442m deficit in a budget underpinned by a “wellbeing framework”.

    In recent weeks, the Labor-Greens government has forced the Catholic-owned Calvary Health Care to hand over its hospital despite operating one of the nation’s most dysfunctional public health systems.

    On Thursday, the ACT government will release its community consultation report on an assisted-suicide framework to guide what is expected to be Australia’s most radical euthanasia laws.

    ACT Human Rights Minister Tara Cheyne, who is leading the framework, told The Australian that she was considering allowing teenagers as young as 14 to access voluntary assisted-suicide if they were terminally ill….

    Canberra has become a left-wing paradise under a Labor-Greens government that shirks its primary responsibilities: balancing the books and delivering better health, education, transport and waste services. Backed by current and former public servants, the Labor-Greens coalition will be confident of another term at next year’s ACT election.

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    Geoff Chambers in The Australian
11. jupes says:

    29 June, 2023 at 10:06 am

    Human Rights Minister Tara Cheyne told The Australian she was considering allowing minors as young as 14 to be eligible for ­assisted suicide,

    I don’t have the words to express what I think about this homicidal moll. Think of Rabz’s best spray and multiply it by 10.
12. Shy Ted says:

    29 June, 2023 at 11:25 am

    Hmm, I’d have guessed blue
13. Christine says:

    29 June, 2023 at 11:50 am

    As Rosie notes, young people supposedly considering suicide would be fixed by same-sex marriage, it was claimed.
    The push is chilling.
14. Boxcar says:

    29 June, 2023 at 12:19 pm

    Follow the money.
    A person with early Dementia goes into an Aged Care home with a few care issues.
    Two-three years later they are perched up in a Princess Chair, staring at the ceiling, and requiring assistance with every aspect of their lives.
    If the cost/price rating was staged to acknowledge the care level required over time, the whole Euthenaisa debate might just turn around.
    But either way, who is funding the debate?
15. Lee says:

    29 June, 2023 at 12:24 pm

    Is Trudeau actually running things in Canberra?
16. NFA says:

    30 June, 2023 at 10:08 pm

    Life Imitating Art: Euthanasia in the Netherlands