Assistant speaker Ruth Dyson has accepted Maggie Barrie’s apology for shouting at her. Barrie said it was a “highly emotionally charged situation” and she acknowledged she was “over-zealous in expressing my disappointment with the way things were progressing”. Continue reading Related Posts:End of Life Choice Bill – the real fight is…Australian Church welcomes Prime Minister’s Read more
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End of Life Choice Bill – the real fight is still to come 
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Thursday, June 27th, 2019
On Wednesday evening David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill passed the second reading stage by 70 votes to 50; 9 votes more than the 61 votes required. It was a slimmer margin than the one achieved at first reading in December 2017. The vote then was 76 to 44. While the vote appears decisive with Read more
Euthanasia Debate – “Maggie Barry tells us how to die” says Laws Comments 0
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
If there’s anything worse than a busybody telling us how to live, it’s a busybody telling us how to die. Stand up National MP and former gardening guru Maggie Barry. Coming from the world of seasonal culling, Barry has decided the concept of voluntary euthanasia is so anathematic that she is going to start up Read more
