Sky News host Paul Murray says “pointless premiers' are getting in the way of “your life, of your final days, of what happens after you die”.
Sky News host Paul Murray says “pointless premiers" are getting in the way of “your life, of your final days, of what happens after you die”. His comments come as the Cancer Council in Victoria has shown Australians with cancer are afraid of dying alone if they go into palliative care.
“They’re all the lockdown states, all the ones that won’t let certain people cross border. “As a result of the systems they have put in place, people with cancer are now scared of dying alone. “Forget all the tough talk, think about you if it was you with cancer, let alone somebody that you know or love with cancer now.
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