Parliament just blocked a bill to expand telehealth for assisted dying, 74 votes to 12. Days later, a national poll found the doctors who'd actually do these assessments feel the same way — only 8% think a video call is good enough.

This week's LIFE IN 5 looks at why the loudest voices pushing for telehealth access aren't the doctors who'd carry it out, and why a palliative care program for aged care homes was quietly defunded in the same month parliament found time to block this bill in an afternoon.