Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to incorporate the remainder of the letter.

Leave granted.

The document read as follows—

There are insurmountable problems because of Indigenous Cultural and Linguistic differences in ensuring (without a shadow of doubt) that informed consent has truly been given for euthanasia.

Indigenous people are the sickest and the most frequent users of Health Services in the Northern Territory. Therefore this proposed legislation puts at risk the lives of the most vulnerable members of the Territory’s population.

Please oppose this inadvisable and inappropriate legislation.

Yours faithfully,

(Dr) David M Gawler MB BS FRACS FRCS(Eng) FRCS(Glasg) FICS