Mount Isa will host a public hearing as part of the Queensland parliamentary committee inquiry into aged care, end-of-life and palliative care and voluntary assisted dying next week.
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This inquiry is considering whether Queenslanders should be allowed the right to die at a time of their choosing, as well as the future of aged care and how the terminally ill and their loved ones are supported.
The Mount Isa public hearing will be held at the Red Earth Hotel on Friday May 31 from 8.30am to 11.30am.
Persons wishing to address the committee at this hearing or just be in attendance are asked to first register either online via: qldparlcomm.snapforms.com.au/form/mount-isa-public-hearing or by phoning the committee secretariat staff on 3553 6626 or 1800 504 022.
The Committee Chair and Member for Thuringowa, Aaron Harper MP said that the committee was looking forward to hearing the views of people in Mount Isa next week.
"I encourage people to register to attend our Mount Isa public hearing and to come along and have their say on these important issues," Mr Harper said.
"The committee received over 5000 written submissions on aged care, end-of-life and palliative care and voluntary assisted dying. We have also held public briefings and hearings with palliative care doctors as well as holding public hearings in Caloundra and Toowoomba. Now the committee is travelling across North Queensland to hear further oral submissions about these issues."
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
