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Euthanasia Bill Passes The Lower House 11/06/21

History-making legislation to allow terminally ill and suffering people to access euthanasia in South Australia has finally, after 25 years, cleared its most significant hurdle and now appears set to become law.Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has been given the funding to hire an extra 114 protective security workers to allow officers guarding Covid medi-hotels to go back on the beat.Alarming new research has warned children who have been reported to child protection authorities are four times more likely to die before they reach their 16th birthday.And in sport, dual Olympic silver medallist Maddie Groves has quit the Australian Swimming trials in Adelaide this week stating “let this be a lesson to all misogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers”. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atadvertiser.com.au 

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