X-Message-Number: 7641 Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 14:42:54 -0700 From: David Brandt-Erichsen <> Subject: Australia update AUATRALIAN SENATE TIPPED TO SUPPORT ANDREWS BILL With the Senate preparing to vote on the Andrews Euthanasia Laws Bill, only 10 Senators' votes are thought to remain undecided. Speculation within Canberra based sources indicate that 36 Senators will vote in support of the Andrews Bill, and 29 against. If nine out of the 10 undecided opposed the Bill, a tied vote would result. Only if all 10, if they are genuinely undecided, were persuaded to vote against the Andrews Bill, would it be overturned. The Andrews Bill will overturn the Northern Territory Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. The 10 undecided or undeclared Senators are:- State Party Parliamentary Fax Parliamentary Phone Jim McKiernan NSW ALP 06 277 3432 06 277 3416 Helen Coonan NSW LP 06 277 3221 06 277 3218 Jeannie Ferris SA LP 06 277 3443 06 277 3440 Brenda Gibbs QLD ALP 06 277 3449 06 277 3447 Susan Knowles WA LP 06 277 3120 06 277 3426 David MacGibbon QLD LP 06 277 3238 06 277 3720 Amanda Vanstone SA LP 06 273 4117 06 277 7460 John Watson TAS LP 06 277 3689 06 277 3685 Ronald Boswell QLD NP 06 277 3246 06 277 3244 David Brownhill NSW NP 06 277 3247 06 277 3705 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7641