It was with much interest to me, on a sticky December day, when the Christmas carols had just started to play on the radio and most of us were thinking about spending time with family during the holidays, that Premier Daniel Andrews announced the Victorian Government would prepare a bill to legalise assisted dying to Parliament in the second half of 2017. Originally opposed to euthanasia, the Premier told reporters that the death of his father had given him time to reflect and reassess his views. And then I read the fine print.