In short: Labor delegates at the party's national conference have backed a conscience vote on lifting the ban on using telehealth to access voluntary assisted dying.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has said she was not convinced the change should proceed without strong evidence and safeguards to protect vulnerable Australians.
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The Queensland Government’s decision to freeze the prescription of puberty blockers for under-18s and launch an independent review into the practice is a huge win for children and parents and signals an important step towards greater scrutiny of medical interventions for “gender dysphoria” that have lifelong consequences.
The families of two Black infants who died in a 1960s government RSV vaccine trial have filed a federal lawsuit, alleging researchers enrolled the children without parental knowledge or consent. The suit also claims tissue samples from the deceased babies later contributed to the development of modern RSV vaccines.
The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
An Australian woman is believed to have become the first person in the world to donate organs after self-administering oral voluntary assisted dying medication.
Karen Duncan's last wishes have set a global precedent that challenges long-held assumptions about organ donation.
The court order relates to a lawsuit filed in 2023 by seven people injured by COVID-19 vaccines. One of the victims has since died. According to Dutch newspaper De Andere Krant, the lawsuit centers around the question “of whether the COVID-19 injections are a bioweapon.”
Faith-based aged-care providers in NSW will continue to be compelled by state law to act against deeply held beliefs. This follows the Legislative Council’s 23–16 vote this afternoon opposing a Bill that would have allowed facilities to decline participation in facilitating Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) onsite.
