South Australia is one step closer to becoming the fourth Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) after the state's Upper House passed the legislation 14 votes to 7. The final vote didn't take place until late in the night on Wednesday 5 May as...
Our Autumn 2021 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments from across Australia and around the world. It's been a long time coming but NSW Parliament looks set to debate a voluntary assisted dying (VAD) Bill later this year. We report on how...
On Thursday 18 March, Spain became the latest European country to pass voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws to allow adults with ‘serious and incurable’ diseases that cause ‘unbearable suffering’ to choose to end their lives. Tweeting just minutes after the vote, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro...
Tasmania was certain to become the third state to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) after an overwhelming majority of the state’s House of Assembly passed Mike Gaffney’s End of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020, 16 votes to 6 in favour in early March. There were...
Dying with Dignity supporters in the Northern Rivers region launched their on-the-ground, grassroots campaign in Lismore on Monday 8 February to show their local MPs just how much community support there is for voluntary assisted dying laws. Stall volunteers were very pleased with the response as...
DWD supporters held an on-the-ground campaign blitz across Newcastle on Saturday 30 January 2021 to show MPs just how much community support there is for voluntary assisted dying laws. The Newcastle campaign blitz, organised by local community champions, comes as Alex Greenwich MP drafts a...
Our Summer 2020/21 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments from across Australia and around the world. It has been an eventful and exciting few months for the dying with dignity movement in Australia and New Zealand with a series of “firsts” giving...
Dying with Dignity has launched a petition to kick start a renewed campaign to achieve voluntary assisted dying (VAD) law reform in NSW. This comes on the back of news that independent Member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich, in response to the growing momentum for change, will...
On Sunday 13 December 2020, Alex Greenwich, Independent Member for Sydney, announced in a Sydney Morning Herald exclusive that he will draft legislation to create a framework for people in New South Wales to access voluntary assisted dying. Mr Greenwich said the issue of assisted...
On Friday 4 December 2020 Tasmanian lower house MPs voted 17 - 7 for the End of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020 to proceed to the committee stage of the debate. Labor and the Greens voted unanimously in support of the bill, and...
A new Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was tabled in both Chambers of the South Australian Parliament on Wednesday December 2, 2020. The Bill was tabled by Hon Kyam Maher in the Legislative Council and you can view his speech here. The same Bill was tabled by Hon Susan Close in...
Voluntary Assisted Dying - who has access? Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying (VAD) scheme has been operating successfully for over 12 months and WA’s law comes into effect in mid 2021. The Tasmanian VAD Bill is progressing through Parliament right now and could become law before Christmas....