Jos Hall watched with interest this week as the highly charged issue of death as mercy played out in Brisbane’s Supreme Court via an attempted murder trial. It so easily could have been her.
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Mackay MP Julieanne Gilbert has stated her support for voluntary assisted dying legislation as she prepares to launch a survey to gauge the community s stance on the contentious issue. Mrs Gilbert said she believed, on a personal level, there was a need for VAD legislation to give people with terminal illness a choice over whether to end their lives. After talking to young people who are looking at a really horrific end to their life, I do believe there needs to be that choice, she said. Queensland MPs are set to vote on euthanasia legislation this year, after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made it a key election pledge.
Preview: Denver Nuggets try to finish week strong against the Oklahoma City Thunder
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The Denver Nuggets are coming off their biggest blowout victory of the season. After a disappointing three game losing streak the Nuggets bounced back in a big way on Wednesday with a thirty-eight point blowout of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now Denver tries to keep the good vibes going against their division rival, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Thunder’s season is going about what you might expect: a bit rocky. They’re strong early start is now tempered by a fairly miserable back half of January and start to February and they’re coming off back to back losses to the Los Angeles Lakers, including a heart breaker on Wednesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been hampered by a knee injury and the entire OKC team is basically hurt but Al Horford is drinking from the fountain of youth as the new leader in the locker room. Still, there’s