Opinion by Jessica Marszalek
Premium Content As far as theatre goes, it was perfect. Education Minster Grace Grace, with all the disdain a minister can muster around an opposition question a government doesn t want to answer, rose in parliament to take umbrage to the story of Trevor from Caloundra . The poor bloke, so Opposition Leader David Crisafulli s tale went, had waited two hours for an ambulance while suffering a serious heart problem and another eight hours at emergency until a doctor could see him. Walked into that one ⦠Education Minister Grace Grace during Question Time. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
Health by Danielle OâNeal
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Subscriber only A terminally-ill Queensland woman says she needs access to voluntary assisted dying (VAD) to prevent rampant cancer deteriorating her body and brain. Tanya Battel, 57, has been battling breast cancer for 20 years and says if the cancer spreads to her brain she would absolutely want to use VAD. If I was told that the disease had progressed to my brain, absolutely, I would absolutely access it immediately, she said. Those against VAD are saying that people will choose this over palliative care, but please trust me when I say that nobody wants to die, you hang in as long as you can, you take the treatments even though they make you feel like shit, and it s only at the end if it s progressing.
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