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    Death, dope & Covid

    Nov 08, 2020 4 minutes
    BILL RALSTON

    So, we prefer death to getting stoned? Of the two referendums, it was always obvious from public-opinion polling that the End of Life Choice Act would pass muster.

    The sad death of Lecretia Seales in 2015, and her brave but unsuccessful court bid for the right to die with the assistance of a doctor, focused attention on the issue of euthanasia in a way nothing else could have.

    I pick leadership issues ahead for the Greens over the next three years.

    Stand by over the next three years for amendments to the new law. The legislation’s sponsor, Act leader David

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