All posts tagged "Mike Gaffney"

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  Tweet Summary of Anti-Protest Bill Passing LegCo

  Debate on the anti-protest bill has resumed in the Legislative Council #Tasmania. The webcast is here: https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/TBS/LCvideo.html The Leader of the Government, Leonie...

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  Pokies Bill Passes

  Media release – Michael Ferguson, Minister for Finance, 24 November 2021 Federal monopoly broken as future gaming market legislation passes the Legislative...

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  VAD Act Forums

  Media release – Mike Gaffney, MLC, 12 July 2021 End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021 – Community Forums Tasmania was the...

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  New Meercroft Park Facility Opened

  Devonport’s new Meercroft Park facility was officially opened in May by federal Member for Braddon Gavin Pearce, Deputy Premier of Tasmania Jeremy...

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  Tasmania becomes Third Australian State to Pass Euthanasia

  by Michael Cook. Originally published in BioEdge. Tasmania has passed euthanasia, or voluntary assisted dying (VAD), legislation, making it the third state...

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  Passage of End of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020

  Media release – Cassy O’Connor MP | Greens Leader, 24 March 2021 End of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020 The...

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  ‘Beware of Anti-Euthanasia Groups’ Conservative Christian Links’

  Christians who support assisted dying laws are urging Tasmanian MPs to be wary of the motives of anti-euthanasia groups campaigning to discredit...

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  Askew Awry on VAD Bill

  Independent MLC Mike Gaffney says Liberal Senator Wendy Askew's call to recognise chronic pain ;compliments; his VAD. She says she's being verballed.

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  Record-Breaking Voluntary Assisted Dying Petition Tabled

  Emotional VAD Campaigners presented a huge petition of 13 thousand signatures to the Parliament ahead of new legislation on the issue.

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  Compassion, Dignity Needed on VAD Legislation

  Mike Gaffney's Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill will be presented in the Tasmanian Parliament in August.