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In the history of Australia, no sitting leader has gone to an election promising to legalise euthanasia as part of their party platform. But this week, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk broke with tradition to campaign on her and Labor’s proud pro-death agenda. At Labor’s official [...]

Intention Prayer and praise have immense power as we seek a breakthrough for life. Scripture “But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations [...]

Intention In times of great opposition and peril, it is important to know we already have victory and life in the mighty and wonderful name of Jesus. Scripture “Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of [...]

Intention It is time for us to listen to the voice of God, the just judge, and to take action on behalf of the defenceless. Scripture “All rise! For God now comes to judge as he convenes heaven’s courtroom. He judges every judge and rules [...]

A very specific prayer on the Covid-19 crisis. It is known that the elderly are more likely to be ill and die than other age groups that the virus affects – along with others with chronic ill health, lung disease, reduced immunity, diabetes etc. This [...]

The situation in Spain due to COVID-19 is dire. But what is particularly horrifying, is how many of the nation’s elderly are being neglected during this time. BioEdge reports that: Not all of the human drama in the Covid-19 pandemic is cheeriness under pressure, heroic [...]

Richard Dawkins is the gift that just keeps on giving. Well, at least for us religious types who believe in God and hold to a Judeo-Christian worldview. Dawkins consistently makes the alternative look downright ridiculous. Take for instance one of his most recent tweets on [...]

Once a society legalises euthanasia, it is impossible to ensure that every act of euthanasia is, in fact, at the voluntary request of the ill or aged person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpJlN99w9B4   This is evident from research into the practice of euthanasia in Holland. John Keown, a [...]

On the passing of the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill. The Culture of Death has taken another great stride. The Chronicle of Shame has another tragic addition. The pro-autonomy, “I did it my way”, “every man did what was right in his own eyes” mindset, ignoring [...]

Do a huge majority of Australians really support euthanasia, as is often claimed? Most people do not understand what is meant by euthanasia. It would seem that most people are opposed to the unnecessary prolonging of life and think that a patient – or his/her [...]

My doctor is killing me! Well, maybe not. In a society that values life, doctors are trained to “do no harm”. Unless a doctor is a psychopath or incompetent, or practising beyond his capabilities, I can be confident that my doctor has my best interests [...]

by Michael Cook, editor of MercatorNet. Jurisdictions which permit assisted suicide or euthanasia suck all the oxygen out of media coverage of this topic. To put the issue in perspective, assisted suicide or euthanasia is only legal in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and a [...]

Editor's Note: This article by Associate Editor Jamie Walker in The Australian highlights how concerning the push for voluntary assisted dying around Australia is for a diversity of communities. Is VAD the best we can do for the most vulnerable people among us? Or are [...]

It is suggested that doctors who ease the way until the final breath are in effect practising euthanasia and that, in opposing voluntary assisted dying, they are being hypocritical. With good palliative care the patient may yet wake and communicate, but with euthanasia the medication [...]

To the Honourable Members of the Legislative Council, Parliament of Western Australia The primary reason for the bill: the problem to be relieved as we hear it, is unrelieved distress and pain – mainly pain – for the terminally ill. No one need die in [...]

That is such a sad cry – an indication of something terribly wrong, and a sense of hopelessness about it ever being different. Even for those of us that have suffered from depression, how can we know what tortured processes are present in the mind [...]

Labor senator and the father of Aboriginal reconciliation, Pat Dodson, has voiced his serious concerns about the voluntary assisted dying bill likely to pass WA’s parliament. In a passionate plea, the First Nations leader put pen to paper, declaring “Aboriginal people do not need a [...]

In a sign of just how far Western Civilisation has declined, the most dangerous place for a child to be, is in her mother’s womb. Similarly, if the rest of Australia follows the leftist fad being currently pursued in states such as Victoria, then euthanasia [...]

The big social morality issues facing our nation currently, as all readers of the Daily Declaration will know, are Euthanasia/Physician Assisted Suicide (EPAS), now re-titled as Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD); abortion, now re-titled Reproductive Health Care Reform; transgenderism; the absent care of babies “accidentally” born [...]

Dear Friend, Once again it all seems overwhelming, and it is a time for miracles. Yes, to make our voices heard on earth, but also in Heaven, realising we wage war against principalities and unseen powers (yes, I know, Ephesians 6), praying that the Hosts [...]