State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today host a community forum on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill.
This will be an opportunity for interested local residents to be directly consulted on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 (NSW), which was released publicly in May, and formally introduced in the Parliament in September.
The event will be attended by the Hon Lynda Voltz MLC, Shadow Minister for Sport and Veterans’ Affairs, and Member of the NSW Parliamentary Working Group on Assisted Dying.
The community information session will be held at the Fletcher Community Centre, 55 Kurraka Drive, Fletcher, on Tuesday 24 October, from 11am-1pm.
Quotes attributable to Member for Wallsend, Sonia Hornery
“This is a big issue in the community and I wanted to give people an opportunity to hear from someone who has been working on drafting the Bill.”
“It is important for our community to have a say and Lynda and I are looking forward to hearing what the community thinks.”
Quotes attributable to Shadow Minister for Sport and Veterans’ Affairs, and Member of the Working Group, Lynda Voltz
“The Parliamentary Working Group wants to ensure that members of the wider community across NSW have an opportunity to be directly consulted and ensure the framework of the bill meets their expectations.”
“I look forward to consulting directly with Wallsend residents, and hearing their suggestions for how the Working Group can ensure voluntary assisted dying can be achieved in NSW.”