Euthanasia politics in Australian State Parliaments

The Future of euthanasia politics in Australian State parliaments is a study of the current legislative attempts to legalise voluntary euthanasia in South Australia and Tasmania.  The author, Alison Plumb, from ANU, reviews the status of bills being considered and the activities of various interest groups and professional organisations in order to identify the likelihood of reform in the near future.  The paper also looks at the power of the medical profession in Australian politics in relation to this issue of, as Plumb terms it, "contemporary morality politics".