This letter was submitted to the Letters Editor of the Herald Sun in October 2025.
Whenever I read Jeff Kennett's Herald-Sun columns I am reminded of his radio contribution to the euthanasia debate twenty odd years ago: "I have been out to nursing homes and seen people past their used-by date" he told his interviewer. I remain horrified he thought this way of his fellow Victorians and that some might think this of Jeff himself today. I certainly do not. Long may he opine in the Herald -Sun. Right now, Victoria's Health Minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, is attempting to increase access to assisted suicide beyond what Daniel Andrews 2019 legislation permitted. Then premier Andrews predicted 12 assisted suicides in that year. There were 371 in 2024.The number increases annually, never decreases. "Health Minister" ? Death peddler. Maryanne Thomas's intention to encourage access to assisted suicide must be stopped and Jeff Kennett should know that the state, a cash strapped state as is Victoria especially, should never be granted the right to have its citizens killed.
Denise M Cameron
378 Nicholson Street
North Fitzroy
Victoria 3068