On Tuesday 31 January 2023, South Australia became the fifth state to implement their Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) scheme. The SA law was passed in 2021 following 16 earlier attempts at law reform over a period of 26 years. Now terminally ill South Australians who meet the...
As of the 1st January 2023, terminally ill Queenslanders can now access voluntary assisted dying (VAD) if they meet the eligibility criteria and follow the highly-safeguarded process. The Queensland Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill in September 2021 but like the other states that already...
After a 25-year-old ban was lifted, the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, can now consider the legalisation of voluntary assisted dying with the passage of a landmark bill. The Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 passed its final hurdle in the Senate on 1 December 2022 providing another...
Over four days in early November, Dying With Dignity Canada hosted the World Federation of Right to Die Societies International Conference 2022 in Toronto, Canada. This biennial event, brought international delegates and local attendees together, providing an opportunity for networking, education and information sharing from across the globe. It was the must-attend...
Our Spring 2022 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments in New South Wales as well as news from across Australia and around the world. By now, you will be aware that the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill was finally passed into...
There are many forces that differentiate us in the world: politics, religion, beliefs, to name only a few. One thing that unites us is the desire to die with dignity. Asunción Alvarez, president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies said, “Around the globe, many people fight to make...
On Sunday 23 October 2022, the Tasmanian voluntary assisted dying law that passed in March last year came into effect. Dying With Dignity Tasmania's president Hilde Nilsson said advocates had been campaigning for voluntary assisted dying laws for decades. “At long last Tasmanians will have a choice...
On Wednesday 31 August 2022, three months after NSW passed its Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) law, Dying with Dignity NSW held a webinar for members and supporters. Over two hundred supporters took part in the live Zoom webinar to find out when and how NSW residents...
A very generous DWD supporter has produced a unique cookbook to honour her Nana Corrie while raising funds for Dying with Dignity NSW. Tanya Lee launched the Death by Corrie Cookbook last month. The Death By Corrie Cookbook breaks all the rules! This is a cookbook that forgoes healthy...
Just after midday on Thursday 19th May 2022, after decades of campaigning, NSW became the last state in Australia to pass laws allowing terminally ill people the right to voluntarily end their own life, at a time of their choosing, when their suffering becomes intolerable....
It was a huge relief to see the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill pass its third reading in the Upper House 23 votes to 15 on Thursday 19 May 2022. A handful of amendments were passed in the Committee Stage of the Upper House debate so the...
A major alliance of unions, peak groups and campaign advocates are calling for the NSW Upper House to work together to shut down hostile amendments and to pass the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill with a final vote tomorrow. Amendments have been put forward that –...