Pro-Euthanasia Brian Owler Could Become Health Minister Under Labor Government

Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten (left) and local Labor candidate for the seat of Bennelong Brian Owler arrive for a visit to PRP Diagnostic Imaging at the Ryde Medical Centre in Sydney, on April 12, 2019. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Brian Owler, a respected neurosurgeon who was instrumental in helping pass assisted suicide legislation in Victoria in November 2017, is believed to be a top Labor candidate for health minister if elected in Bennelong along with a Shorten government on May 18.

There has been speculation that the former Australian Medical Association (AMA) president and face of the “Don’t Rush” road safety campaign in NSW could be tapped by Bill Shorten for the position of Australia’s health minister.