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[Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrneNCC]

'Today, for the first time in 50 years, there are political moves to reindustrialise Australia, however tentative.
So far, Morrison’s stimulus for manufacturing has been an underwhelming $1.5 billion.' #timetobuild #auspol

@ScottMorrisonMP @AlboMP

https://t.co/i42Gb0xZ12

[Defining Our Dying @Defining_Dying]

Maybe when EVERY vulnerable person in WA has access to palliative care? 🤔
Maybe not now when 1 in 3 Western Australians (esp. those in rural areas) are suffering needlessly owing to a lack of quality palliative care? #TakeABreath WA Parliament. #wapol #qldpol

[Defining Our Dying @Defining_Dying]

Read more of Dr Tandon's perspective on #PalliativeCare and how people are missing out on it in favour of legalising #VAD here: https://t.co/LxA6RMkmy8 #wapol #qldpol

[Defining Our Dying @Defining_Dying]

While this is a privately generated petition, we are in agreement with its call for properly funded palliative care across all metropolitan and regional areas of Queensland as the only outcome to pursue. #VAD #qldpol
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Sign here: https://t.co/iHmknVDbky

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

How can we actually ensure that women are making a free choice around abortion? #abortioncoercion #womendeservebetter #qldpol @DebFrecklington

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

Exactly the question that #AbortionRethink is here to ask. Our deepest appreciation to Sandy Bolton for saying what we've all been thinking all along....see full quote below. #womendeservebetter #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

“This news is worse than my own baby dying in my arms”
“You’re a %&ing idiot for not terminating”
“Why are you the 1 in 10 that isn’t terminating?”

- Some reactions to prenatal diagnosis. We must do better.
@JoeKellyMP #qldpol #DownSyndromeAwareness
https://t.co/FM5jb38R5P

[Cath Smibert Toomey @cathsmibert]

Well, don't women and doctors deserve the best model? This #abortionbill of @QLDLabor is far from it 😶🙄 @YvetteDAth

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

We have just heard from Deputy Premier @jackietrad. It was disappointing to hear her deny the fact of #abortioncoercion. She stated that it did not exist. Deeply reprehensible to deny the lived experiences of women. #womendeservebetter #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

"There seems to be no protections for women in the Bill - no counselling, no informed consent, no protections from coercion or family violence." - MP Dan Purdie #qldabortiondebate #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

Doctors speak out on why THEY #deservebetter than this shoddy Bill which tramples on their rights to put the individual needs of the patient first & practice according to conscience. #qldpol #abortiondebateqld

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

Ami shares her story of receiving much needed help outside an abortion clinic. She speaks of her gratitude for the real choice she was offered at her most vulnerable time, and her concern at such help potentially being outlawed. #listentotheirvoices #abortionrethink #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

.@Ros_Bates_MP is deeply disappointed in the complete lack of guidance around Conscientious Objection for nurses within the bill. #qldpol #abortiondebateqld

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

Next Speaker is the Member for Mudgeeraba @Ros_Bates_MP, Shadow Minister for Women & Health. She states that she supports decriminalisation but does not support the gestational periods within the Bill. #abortiondebateqld #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

"The Government's Bill assumes that women are never pressured into abortion...it pushes them towards it....I would support safeguards against #abortioncoercion" - @DebFrecklington #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

"The vast majority of the people who have contacted my office against this Bill have been women" - @TimManderMP on how QLD's women are speaking AGAINST this bill #abortiondebateQLD #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

"The State requires a Birth & Death Certificate after 20 weeks. This Bill allows abortion (on demand) to 22 weeks. How can we reconcile these two facts?" #abortiondebateQLD #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

Out of the total of 6,200+ submissions received on the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018, 4,800 were uploaded to the Health Committee website. Of these, 78% percent did NOT agree that abortion should be legal up to 22 weeks. What else is the Health Committee ignoring? #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

Women's stories around the 'counselling' they received.....sobering and something that MUST be amended when legislating for abortion law reform. #truechoice #CommitteeQuestions #qldpol

[Abortion Rethink @AbortionRethink]

A law professor & disability advocate's concerns on the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018...#listentotheirvoices #CommitteeQuestions #qldpol