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As a school social worker, Eloise Jowitt saw first hand the pressure on families who could not afford fuel to drop their children at school. She said this was a big problem for students who lived in South Auckland’s rural outskirts, whose closest school was not within walking distance.
The law preventing telehealth in voluntary assisted dying is in the spotlight again after the Labor national conference resolved to repeal it, via a conscience vote. The Commonwealth Criminal Code criminalises promoting, inciting or providing instructions on “suicide” over a “carriage service”. This law, passed in 2005, was originally aimed at pro-suicide websites and internet chat rooms.
A worldwide shift toward healthier diets, more efficient farming, and far less food waste could fundamentally change what farmers produce and how agricultural land is used by 2050.
