Death Cult: “A fringe religious group that is obsessed with death.” Or, if you prefer, the Tasmanian Greens.

With just two members in the 25-seat lower house, the Greens certainly qualify as “fringe” and are — though only by the barest of margins — a “group”.

It might be unfair to say they are “obsessed” with death, but their passion for terminating pregnancies and their enthusiasm for euthanasia certainly border on obsession. 

The never-say-die (it’s ‘End of Life Choices’ thank you very much) Greens managed to legalise euthanasia after bills were tabled and killed off in 2009 and in 2013 and in 2017...