Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 11. The effect of the law was nullified in 1997 by the federal Parliament of Australia which passed the "Euthanasia Laws Act 1997". The Act continues on the Territory's statute books. Dr Philip Nitschke founded Exit International in response to the overturning of the Act. While voluntary euthanasia had previously been condoned officially in the Netherlands and the US state of Oregon, the act was the first time that a legislative assembly passed a law explicitly legalising euthanasia. The Act allowed a terminally ill patient to end their life with medical assistance, either by the direct involvement of a physician
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 points. Axel Hirsoux was the winner of Eurosong 2014 with the song "Mother". During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Belgium was drawn to compete in the second half of the first semi-final on 6 May 2014. In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Belgium would perform 10th, following Ukraine and preceding Moldova. Belgium failed to qualify from the first semi-final, placing 14th in a field of 16 songs and scoring 28 points. On stage, Axel Hirsoux was joined by one female dancer: Isabelle Beernaert. The Belgian performance featured