1.  Prime Minister John Howard and the leader of the opposition, Kim Beazley, both oppose euthanasia.

2.  Prime Minister John Howard and the leader of the opposition, Kim Beazley, both oppose euthanasia and support the bill.

3.  Howard has said he will vote for the bill opposing euthanasia, but MPs would be free to vote according to their conscience.

4.  But all opposed euthanasia, in which doctors help patients to die.