Three years of choice in Vi...
This week marks three years since Voluntary Assisted Dying commenced opera...
READ THE FULL STORYFarewell Nia Sims
Politics is not just about who has power. It’s about who turns up. Volunta...
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The NSW Parliament has made history in pas... READ THE FULL STORY
NSW voters reject moves to ...
Three quarters (75%) of NSW voters say they do not support a bid by religi...
READ THE FULL STORY'Dogma should never trump c...
Lord George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, has written an open le...
READ THE FULL STORYOne step closer to assisted...
The Upper House has voted to send the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill to a f...
READ THE FULL STORYNo more delays to NSW VAD d...
More than 150 people rallied outside NSW parliament to urge the Upper Hous...
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Over the past few weeks, we’ve been asking... READ THE FULL STORY
NSW VAD bill introduced to ...
After passing the NSW Parliament Lower House with a thumping majority in N...
READ THE FULL STORYNSW VAD Inquiry released, n...
The NSW Parliament's Upper House Standing Committee on Law and Justice has...
READ THE FULL STORYVAD demand 'exceeds expecta...
Demand for voluntary assisted dying in Western Australia is three times gr...
READ THE FULL STORYBy-election voters reject f...
A new poll shows almost two-thirds of voters want political leaders to put...
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It is 2022 and twp-thirds of us now live i... READ THE FULL STORY
Thank you for a huge 2021
Wow! What a year 2021 has been for end of life choice in Australia. ... READ THE FULL STORY
NSW moves a step closer to ...
On 26 November 2021 the NSW Lower House passed the Voluntary Assisted Dyin...
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Go Gentle Australia welcomes the commencement of debate on the Voluntary A...
READ THE FULL STORYVale Dr Rodney Syme
Rodney Syme AM was a man of deep and unshakeable principle who, more than ...
READ THE FULL STORYSome mistruths warrant corr...
Pain specialist Dr Gavin Pattullo corrects misinformation about pall... READ THE FULL STORY
OPAN backs NSW Voluntary As...
The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has welcomed the introduction of...
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Australia's leading health law experts urge MPs to be transparent ab... READ THE FULL STORY
1 in 5 NSW suicides in peop...
National coronial data reveals that one in five (20%) suicides of people o...
READ THE FULL STORYOutdated federal law threat...
A 16-year-old Commonwealth law that prohibits discussing suicide via... READ THE FULL STORY
Queensland passes VAD law
Queensland has become the fifth Australian state - and the third this year...
READ THE FULL STORYVigil tonight, QLD VAD deba...
Tomorrow (14 September), Queensland's Parliament will debate the Voluntary...
READ THE FULL STORY87% of QLD nurses back volu...
Queensland nurses overwhelmingly back the introduction of Voluntary Assist...
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The Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board’s report on the first two years ...
READ THE FULL STORYPro-VAD groups refute Catho...
A coalition of pro-VAD community groups has refuted claims by Queensland’s...
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An alliance of 28 groups representing doctors, n...
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The public is invited to make submissions to the parliamentary inquiry
QUT briefing paper distills...
A new briefing paper from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research se...
READ THE FULL STORYNational Seniors survey rev...
National Seniors Australia has surveyed its members and found 86% support ...
READ THE FULL STORY'Eternally thankful' - Indi...
A 63-year-old terminally ill woman from Perth has become the first identif...
READ THE FULL STORYFirst person uses WA's Assi...
Premier Mark McGowan says he's been advised that the first person ha... READ THE FULL STORY
Voluntary Assisted Dying Bi...
Go Gentle Australia welcomes the NSW Draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2...
READ THE FULL STORYEnough already about consci...
Objectors to Voluntary Assisted Dying aren't the only ones with a co... READ THE FULL STORY
Calls for more education, t...
From 1 July 2021, terminally ill Western Australians can legally access Vo...
READ THE FULL STORYVoluntary assisted dying in...
Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying program is challenging and complicated...
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South Australia is the fourth Australian state - and the second this year ...
READ THE FULL STORY500-strong crowd rallies in...
The Candles for Compassion vigil drew 500 supporters to Parliament House i...
READ THE FULL STORYThe electoral ramifications...
Is it politically wise to support voluntary assisted dying laws?
READ THE FULL STORYTime is right to end suffer...
As a palliative medicine doctor of 37 years, I believe South Australia's p...
READ THE FULL STORYQueensland has a draft VAD ...
The focus of Queensland's draft VAD bill is on "designing optimal la... READ THE FULL STORY
SA VAD bill clears major hu...
South Australia's Upper House has passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill...
READ THE FULL STORY4 in 5 South Australians ba...
New research shows more than 4 in 5 (83%) South Australians want the state...
READ THE FULL STORYCongratulations Tassie! His...
In a landmark step, Tasmania has become th... READ THE FULL STORY
Anti-VAD groups shamelessly...
Voluntary assisted dying opponents say Victoria’s suicide rate has gone up...
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The NT Attorney General and ACT Human Rights Minister warn federal p... READ THE FULL STORY
New report shows Victorian ...
The latest independent report from the Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Boa...
READ THE FULL STORYCOTA NT launches petition o...
COTA NT has launched a petition seeking to reverse a federal government la...
READ THE FULL STORYUTAS report must not be use...
An expert panel from the University of Tasmania has endorsed the state's a...
READ THE FULL STORYWhen Death Comes: An Oncolo...
Nina Solis on making peace with the Unknown. This article was first publis...
READ THE FULL STORYHoward Sattler: "I want to ...
Radio personality Howard Sattler says he hopes to be one of the first to m...
READ THE FULL STORYWorth the fight: Religious ...
With 60% of Australians saying we’re bette... READ THE FULL STORY
Will 2021 be the year we em...
Australia is experiencing a sea change in awareness about the need for mor...
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This year has tested us all. But we’re ending 2020 on a high note thanks t...
READ THE FULL STORYNSW set to debate voluntary...
NSW could become the final Australian state to consider a voluntary assist...
READ THE FULL STORYEmphatic support for Tassie...
Tasmania has again made history with the House of Assembly voting 17 to se...
READ THE FULL STORYBelinda Teh nominated for W...
Belinda Teh, the face of Western Australia’s campaign for voluntary assist...
READ THE FULL STORYQLD to see VAD bill by mid-...
Queensland will see a bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying by mid-yea...
READ THE FULL STORYAndrew Denton nominated for...
Andrew Denton, Go Gentle Australia’s founding director, has been nominated...
READ THE FULL STORYSouth Australian MPs vow to...
A group of South Australian MPs has committed to introduce a voluntary ass...
READ THE FULL STORYNZ votes YES to compassion ...
Voters in New Zealand have overwhelmingly supported the right of an eligib...
READ THE FULL STORYVAD advocate nominated for ...
Veteran of the voluntary assisted dying movement, Dr Rodney Syme AM, has b...
READ THE FULL STORYA Christian Response to 'No...
I must admit I am baffled that the Catholic Leader News, quoting the Salva...
READ THE FULL STORYThe religious right’s campa...
In the leadup to the euthanasia referendum in New Zealand, an array of con...
READ THE FULL STORYVictoria's VAD law operatin...
124 terminally ill Victorians ended their lives through voluntary assisted...
READ THE FULL STORYGaffney tables Tasmanian VA...
Independent MLC Mike Gaffney has tabled the End of Life Choice (Voluntary ...
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The number one misleading argument against Voluntary A...
READ THE FULL STORYBeware the scare campaign a...
Those who oppose voluntary assisted dying ignore the wealth of evidence th...
READ THE FULL STORYNT seniors back assisted dy...
Northern Territory seniors have called on federal and territory politician...
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All reliable evidence shows voluntary assisted dying laws are safe and wor...
READ THE FULL STORYLesson in the Art of Butter...
An online event showcases the story of Alida Lancee, the West Australian d...
READ THE FULL STORYLet's Talk About Death - su...
We asked you whether you thought talking about death was hard, and what to...
READ THE FULL STORYDraft assisted dying Bill '...
Tasmania's End-of-Life Choices Bill 2020 is on track to be tabled in parli...
READ THE FULL STORYNew Zealand assisted dying ...
A book about the voluntary assisted dying referendum in New Zealand is gai...
READ THE FULL STORYLegalising VAD respects all...
Law researcher Andrew McGee argues that legalising assisted dying is the b...
READ THE FULL STORYFarewell Colin Clarke
We lost a remarkable man last week. Colin Clarke, an emergency doctor for ...
READ THE FULL STORYVictoria's VAD laws: unfini...
The first anniversary of the operation of Victoria’s landmark Voluntary As...
READ THE FULL STORYVAD plans upended by Covid-19
When the pain got too much, Janet Cohen planned to travel to Switzerland w...
READ THE FULL STORYQLD defers VAD decision
The heartbreaking postponement means voters must send Queensland politicia...
READ THE FULL STORYWA VAD laws on track
Expert panel says Covid-19 has not disrupted WA scheme's mid-2021 start da...
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PhD candidate Jess Young interviewed dying New Zealanders and found they a...
READ THE FULL STORYOur origin story
Have you ever wondered where it all started with Go Gentle Australia?
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Go Gentle Australia welcomes a report that recommends Queensland introduce...
READ THE FULL STORYCovid-19: Time for a Virtua...
In a time of crisis, staying connected with family and friends is more imp...
READ THE FULL STORYTasmania pushing ahead with...
Independent Tasmanian MLC Mike Gaffney will push ahead with the introducti...
READ THE FULL STORYCovid-19: Stay safe, stay c...
Due to the coronavirus emergency, Go Gentle Australia will be doing things...
READ THE FULL STORYVALE Rhonda Taylor
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death...
READ THE FULL STORY'It gave us a sense of peace'
"She was going to die in pain or she could use voluntary assisted dying to...
READ THE FULL STORYDr Cameron McLaren on why h...
The Victorian doctor explains why he helps people access assisted dying la...
READ THE FULL STORYWhat doctors and patients t...
It has been said that personal stories are Kryptonite to those who deny su...
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The Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board has this week published a report...
READ THE FULL STORYA balance between complianc...
Go Gentle Australia welcomes the Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board’s s...
READ THE FULL STORY2019: A landmark year for e...
2019 was a watershed year for Go Gentle Australia and for better con... READ THE FULL STORY
Tasmania's draft VAD bill r...
Tasmania's draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has been released for publi...
READ THE FULL STORY8 reasons why all states mu...
An overwhelming majority of Australians – in most recent surveys nearly 90...
READ THE FULL STORYAssisted Dying in Australia...
With three more Australian states looking to follow the lead of Victoria a...
READ THE FULL STORYAssisted dying law: Western...
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 has cleared its final hurdle in Wes...
READ THE FULL STORYWA makes history with Volun...
After a historic level of parliamentary scrutiny...
READ THE FULL STORYWA VAD Bill passes Upper House
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 has passed through the Western Aust...
READ THE FULL STORYWA's VAD Bill clears anoth...
Promising news from Western Australia, as the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bil...
READ THE FULL STORYMore than 7K sign petition ...
A petition signed by 7,460 Western Australians to legalise voluntary assis...
READ THE FULL STORYBelinda’s Brave Walk donate...
Palliative care patients in Kalgoorlie will benefit from a pressure care m...
READ THE FULL STORYNZ sends VAD to referendum
New Zealand is to become the first country in the world to put the issue o...
READ THE FULL STORYDoctors support assisted dying
168 doctors have signed an open letter to WA MPs explai... READ THE FULL STORY
Urgent action needed as VAD...
Supporters of more compassionate end-of-life choices are urged to write to...
READ THE FULL STORYAlzheimer's WA backs VAD Bill
Western Australia’s peak dementia-support organisation, Alzheimer’s WA, ha...
READ THE FULL STORYWA neurologists implore MPs...
WA’s top neurologists have implored MPs to pass volunt...
READ THE FULL STORYVAD a potential vote changer
One in two West Australian voters say they would penalise at the ballot bo...
READ THE FULL STORYVAD Bill passes WA's lower ...
The WA Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 has passed without amendment thr...
READ THE FULL STORYMaine becomes the 9th US St...
An eleventh-hour bid to veto Maine's aid-in-dying law has failed, allowing...
READ THE FULL STORYPalliative Care Australia c...
Australia’s peak palliative care body wants its neutrality on euthan... READ THE FULL STORY
Perth's Rally for Choice a ...
The Rally For Choice on the steps of Parliament House was...
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The WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) has endorsed a safe and compassiona...
READ THE FULL STORYA doctor's right to free sp...
Last month Dr Alida Lancee was cautioned by the Medical Board of Australia...
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A new documentary released to Western Australian MPs has exposed the cover...
READ THE FULL STORYBelinda arrives at Parliame...
Seventy days, 3,500 kms, four pairs of shoes and thousands of signatures l...
READ THE FULL STORYBendigo woman becomes first...
The daughters of the first Victorian to use the state's Voluntary Assisted...
READ THE FULL STORYWalk with Belinda to Parlia...
After 70 days and 3,500 kms, Belinda Teh is hoping the final leg of her wa...
READ THE FULL STORYExpert panel report reflect...
Go Gentle Australia congratulates the Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntar...
READ THE FULL STORYNurse, GP positions on Volu...
Go Gentle Australia welcomes the strong support from Western Australia's n...
READ THE FULL STORYAuthor of Belgium study hit...
The author of a study co-opted by the Catholic Church to paint a negative ...
READ THE FULL STORYIt is time to follow Victor...
Go Gentle Australia congratulates the people of Victoria for achieving wha...
READ THE FULL STORYSubmissions now open to SA'...
Public submissions are being sought by South Australia’s parliamentary inq...
READ THE FULL STORYVALE Dorothy Reading
For many years before Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying law became reali...
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Go Gentle Australia has been made aware of a grossly misleading advertisem...
READ THE FULL STORYGo Gentle urges truthful de...
Go Gentle Australia has called for a more reasoned and evidence-based deba...
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I have a confession to make: I was wrong.
READ THE FULL STORYBelinda's Brave Walk
I call it a big, crazy idea.
READ THE FULL STORYWA funding boost to palliat...
The Western Australian Government's $206 million commitment to palli... READ THE FULL STORY
Comment sought on framework...
A ministerial expert panel helping to shape voluntary assisted dying legis...
READ THE FULL STORYNews update Autumn 2019: A ...
Welcome to our first Newsletter for 2019. Yo... READ THE FULL STORY
Make your submission to QLD...
Public submissions are open to the Queensland parliamentary inquiry into t...
READ THE FULL STORYGo Gentle supports call for...
Go Gentle Australia strongly supports Western Australian ...
READ THE FULL STORYVale Jenny Barnes
Nurse Jenny Barnes, who campaigned tirelessly for Victoria’s volunta... READ THE FULL STORY
Today we stand taller - a m...
Saturday's massive endorsement of the Andrews’ Government progressive soci...
READ THE FULL STORYHow Victorian MPs voted on ...
With just over a week to go, here's a quick overview of how the Victorian ...
Go Gentle welcomes action t...
Go Gentle Australia has welcomed the WA State Government's positive steps ...
READ THE FULL STORYACHLR Oration on assisted d...
Professor Luc Deliens recently joined the QUT (Queensland University of Te...
READ THE FULL STORYAndrew Denton urges WA doct...
Broadcaster Andrew Denton has urged WA doctors to stand up in support of p...
READ THE FULL STORYAsk your WA MP to support a...
On 23 August, the report of the Western Australian Joint Select Committee ...
READ THE FULL STORYVictoria’s voluntary assist...
This week the Australian Senate will debate a private members' bill that w...
READ THE FULL STORYAssisted dying is not suicide
Suicide is a tragic result of untreated, reversible diseases such as depre...
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Victoria has become the first state in the country to legali...
READ THE FULL STORYTranscript: Dr Brian Owler'...
On 12 October 2017 Dr Brian Owler, Chair of the Victorian Expert Ministeri...
READ THE FULL STORYRose's story
Today Tonight Adelaide on Channel 7 nails it on how the legislators have f...
READ THE FULL STORYRead: Marshall Perron's 199...
21 years ago, then-Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Marshall Perro...
READ THE FULL STORYWatch: "Governor Jerry Brow...
In October 2015, Californian Governor Jerry Brown, a former Jesuit seminar...
READ THE FULL STORYLawrie Daniel: In Memoriam
Lawrie Daniel, who featured in episode 15 of the Better Off Dead podcast, ...
READ THE FULL STORYIn Memory of Kylie Monaghan
Kylie Monaghan passed away yesterday, October 8, after a long and brave ba...
READ THE FULL STORYTranscript: Andrew Denton's...
On August 10, Go Gentle Australia co-director Andrew Denton addressed the ...
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