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| Paul Keating welcomes defeat of voluntary euthanasia bill in NSW | Paul Keating welcomes defeat of voluntary euthanasia bill in NSW |
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| Former prime minister Paul Keating has welcomed the narrow defeat of NSW’s voluntary euthanasia bill in the upper house, arguing it has helped preserve Australia’s “ethical clarity”. | Former prime minister Paul Keating has welcomed the narrow defeat of NSW’s voluntary euthanasia bill in the upper house, arguing it has helped preserve Australia’s “ethical clarity”. |
| Keating’s remarks came after Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile was forced to admit he incorrectly recounted a horror story of an overseas bungled euthanasia during an emotional parliamentary debate. | Keating’s remarks came after Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile was forced to admit he incorrectly recounted a horror story of an overseas bungled euthanasia during an emotional parliamentary debate. |
| The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was defeated 20 to 19 when the votes were cast after 11pm on Thursday. | The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was defeated 20 to 19 when the votes were cast after 11pm on Thursday. |
| Keating, a vocal opponent of voluntary euthanasia, said the state should be taking the lead on the “optimism of life, not the pessimism of suicide”. | Keating, a vocal opponent of voluntary euthanasia, said the state should be taking the lead on the “optimism of life, not the pessimism of suicide”. |
| Assisted dying: Victoria votes to approve voluntary euthanasia bill | |
| “What we need is kindness, compassion and palliative care,” he said in a statement on Friday. | “What we need is kindness, compassion and palliative care,” he said in a statement on Friday. |
| Keating said advances in science and increased life expectancy meant the elderly needed their hands held “rather than the state giving up on us by underwriting our ignominious departure”. | Keating said advances in science and increased life expectancy meant the elderly needed their hands held “rather than the state giving up on us by underwriting our ignominious departure”. |
| The bill would have allowed patients 25 years or older, whose deaths were imminent and were in excruciating pain, the option to choose how they died. | The bill would have allowed patients 25 years or older, whose deaths were imminent and were in excruciating pain, the option to choose how they died. |
| Nile said it should have been called “the medical murder bill”. | Nile said it should have been called “the medical murder bill”. |
| He told parliament on Thursday that in a “published and certified incident” in Oregon a patient who changed her mind at the last minute was told by a doctor she had already signed a consent form. The doctor then asked relatives to hold her down while he administered a lethal injection, Nile told the upper house. | He told parliament on Thursday that in a “published and certified incident” in Oregon a patient who changed her mind at the last minute was told by a doctor she had already signed a consent form. The doctor then asked relatives to hold her down while he administered a lethal injection, Nile told the upper house. |
| But on Friday, he admitted he got the details confused with a case in the Netherlands, where a patient who was given a sedative before a lethal injection woke up and struggled. He told Fairfax Media that God may have prompted his “full-blown visual” of the incorrect news report. | But on Friday, he admitted he got the details confused with a case in the Netherlands, where a patient who was given a sedative before a lethal injection woke up and struggled. He told Fairfax Media that God may have prompted his “full-blown visual” of the incorrect news report. |
| Paul Keating accused of hypocrisy over assisted dying stance | |
| Supporters of voluntary euthanasia, including Nationals MP Trevor Khan, who introduced the private members bill, have vowed to fight on. | Supporters of voluntary euthanasia, including Nationals MP Trevor Khan, who introduced the private members bill, have vowed to fight on. |
| “You’ve just got to pick yourself up and look at how you move forward,” he said on Friday. “Otherwise you’re not doing the right thing by the people you’re trying to help.” | “You’ve just got to pick yourself up and look at how you move forward,” he said on Friday. “Otherwise you’re not doing the right thing by the people you’re trying to help.” |
| Dying with Dignity advocate Shayne Higson said it was an “emotionally challenging” debate and she felt politicians were turning their backs on the terminally ill. | Dying with Dignity advocate Shayne Higson said it was an “emotionally challenging” debate and she felt politicians were turning their backs on the terminally ill. |
| Adam Wright from Family Voice welcomed the defeat of the NSW bill but said the bigger issue was better end-of-life care. “NSW is spending $100m over four years, but the experts are saying that’s not enough and the option to euthanise shouldn’t be the way to compensate.” | Adam Wright from Family Voice welcomed the defeat of the NSW bill but said the bigger issue was better end-of-life care. “NSW is spending $100m over four years, but the experts are saying that’s not enough and the option to euthanise shouldn’t be the way to compensate.” |
| Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the public would now be asked to participate in a “palliative care survey”. Feedback would “inform a new palliative and end-of-life care policy in NSW”. | Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the public would now be asked to participate in a “palliative care survey”. Feedback would “inform a new palliative and end-of-life care policy in NSW”. |
| A debate by Victorian upper house MPs on that state’s assisted dying bill has been adjourned after Labor’s Daniel Mulino, who opposes the change, collapsed in his office on Friday morning after an all-night sitting. | A debate by Victorian upper house MPs on that state’s assisted dying bill has been adjourned after Labor’s Daniel Mulino, who opposes the change, collapsed in his office on Friday morning after an all-night sitting. |
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