Inquiry into the Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008
Information about the Inquiry
On 12 March 2008, the Senate referred the above Bill to the Senate
Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs for inquiry and
report.
The reporting date for this inquiry has changed and is now 23 June
2008.
The Bill,
a private senator's bill introduced by
Senator
Bob
Brown, proposes to repeal the Euthanasia
Laws Act 1997 to allow the
Northern Territory,
the Australian Capital Territory and
Norfolk Island to make legislation for people who are terminally ill.
The Committee
invites written submissions by Wednesday 9 April 2008.
Submissions should be sent to:
Committee
Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Department of
the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament
House
Canberra ACT
2600
Australia
Persons lodging submissions should note that this inquiry is into the bill
only, and to be considered relevant to the inquiry, submissions must address
the provisions of the bill.
The Committee
requests that where possible, submissions should also be provided by email
to
legcon.sen@aph.gov.au,
preferably as MS Word or RTF format documents. Notes to assist in preparing
submissions are available from the website
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm or
telephone the Secretariat on 02 6277 3560, fax: 02 6277 5794, or e-mail at
the above address.
Once the
Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential committee
document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not
release your submission without the Committee’s permission. If you do, it is
not protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry,
the Committee normally makes submissions public. Please indicate if you want
your submission to be kept confidential.
Inquiries from
hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to the Parliament
House TTY number (02 6277 7799). Adobe also provides tools for the blind and
visually impaired to access PDF documents. These tools are available at:
http://access.adobe.com/. If you
require any special arrangements in order to enable you to participate in a
committee inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretary.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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