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 –...
Dying with Dignity NSW and its supporters were thrilled when the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passed the Second Reading vote in the Upper House, by a margin of 20-17 votes on Thursday 11 May. The Bill will now move to the Committee stage for amendments, expected...
Our Autumn 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. We are now on the cusp of success in what has been a decades long fight for the...
A majority of NSW Upper House members have spoken in favour of the VAD Bill bringing hope to thousands of supporters This week, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 was allocated four hours of debate time in the NSW Legislative Council. This followed a similar allocation...
Opponents of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws in NSW have started a parliamentary e-petition asking MPs to try to block the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill when it is debated in the Upper House in March. We decided to start our own petition asking Upper House MPs...