On Sunday 11 November 2018, five hundred people gathered at North Sydney Leagues Club to hear Andrew Denton in conversation with a panel of eminent health professionals as they discussed the reality of end of life care in Australia and the choices we face when...
On the 14 November 2018, Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk launched a parliamentary inquiry into the delivery of aged care, end of life and palliative care in Queensland across the health and ageing service sector. As part of the 12 month inquiry, the Health, Communities, Disability Services...
On Monday 12 November 2018, the Western Australian Government announced that it will introduce a Bill into State Parliament next year to legalise voluntary assisted dying. The decision comes after the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices recommended the new law in its August report 'My...
DWD Central Coast quarterly meeting When: Friday 17 August 2018 - 10 am to 12 noon Ms Bev Symons, Co-ordinator of Dying with Dignity NSW Central Coast Group, will provide an update on the latest news. Special topic for discussion: Looking back over years of campaigning to achieve...
After nearly two weeks of strong campaigning by supporters and opponents of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, following passage of the bill in the Victorian Lower House (by a vote of 47 to 37). debate began in the Victorian Upper House on 2 November. Two days of emotionally-charged...
Debate on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 in the NSW Legislative Council is due to begin next week. This follows on from NSW Nationals MLC Trevor Khan's Second Reading speech on the Bill on 21 September, 2017. If the Upper House MPs vote to pass the Bill, it is...
As the Victorian government prepares for debate on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill to begin in their Legislative Council on 2 November, the numbers of supporting MPs is close to the number required. The government has been forced to consider amendments, with key Upper House MPs...
This afternoon the Victorian Government is scheduled to start four days and debate, followed by a conscience vote in their Legislative Assembly on their Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill. Channel 9 News interviewed with Victorian Health Minister, Jill Hennessy, who introduced the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, less...
On 20 September, 2017 the Andrews Labor Government introduced a Bill into the Victorian Parliament to legalise voluntary assisted dying in Victoria. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 [Victoria] was tabled by Health Minister Jill Hennessy, with the second reading the following day. Debate in the Victorian...
On 8 August, notice was given in the NSW Legislative Council for the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017. NSW Nationals MLC Trevor Khan will formally initiate the bill in Parliament on September 21 with a second reading speech in the upper house, and formal debate to begin...