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Twenty-five years ago, Labor’s Tony Burke was a high-profile organiser working to have the Northern Territory’s euthanasia law overturned. That same year, a private members bill brought by then-Liberal backbencher Kevin Andrews effectively nullified the effect of that law, and prevented the ACT from enacting anything similar in the future.
Now, as Michelle Grattan writes, parliament will this week debate a new bill that would give the territories the right to debate the issue - it doesn’t actually bring euthanasia in. While there are of course still Australians opposed to assisted dying - Burke remains one of them - the move is a reflection of how far community attitudes on assisted dying have shifted in the intervening years. Now, all states have assisted dying laws - this bill simply allows NT and
ACT citizens to debate whether they want the same.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Tony Burke once worked hard to stop euthanasia becoming law in the Northern Territory. Now, he must usher through a new bill to allow the territories to debate the issue.
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John Mamo, Curtin University
Not all Alzheimer’s research has been compromised by allegations of scientific fraud. But we should interrogate whether the governing bodies of research and drug approvals are truly effective.
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Amanda Keddie, Deakin University
The single sex versus co-ed debate has been going for decades. But perhaps changing social norms will put an end to it.
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Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne; Annabelle Workman, The University of Melbourne; Kathryn Bowen, The University of Melbourne; Rebekkah Markey-Towler, The University of Melbourne
From Barbados to Finland, we’ve seen women’s leadership on climate bring fair, innovative and ambitious policies.
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Vu Lam, Australian National University
Careful diplomacy rather than uncritical alliances will help steer a course through Australia’s foreign policy challenges.
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Van Ikin, The University of Western Australia
David Ireland’s masterful mosaic novels explored sweeping existential issues and their impact on the lives of those oblivious to them. They were characterised by his vision, compassion and wit.
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Adrian Beaumont, The Conversation
The latest Newspoll show Albanese’s net approval ratings are the highest for a prime minister since early in Malcolm Turnbull’s tenure.
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Health + Medicine
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Sarah Wallwork, University of South Australia
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Jack Baggaley, University of Canterbury
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Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University
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Ross Westoby, Griffith University; Karen E McNamara, The University of Queensland; Rachel Clissold, The University of Queensland
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Ross Goldingay, Southern Cross University
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