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A new briefing paper from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research se...

National Seniors Australia has surveyed its members and found 86% support ...

A 63-year-old terminally ill woman from Perth has become the first identif...

Premier Mark McGowan says he's been advised that the first person ha...

Go Gentle Australia welcomes the NSW Draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2...

Objectors to Voluntary Assisted Dying aren't the only ones with a co...

From 1 July 2021, terminally ill Western Australians can legally access Vo...

Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying program is challenging and complicated...

South Australia is the fourth Australian state - and the second this year ...

The Candles for Compassion vigil drew 500 supporters to Parliament House i...

As a palliative medicine doctor of 37 years, I believe South Australia's p...

The focus of Queensland's draft VAD bill is on "designing optimal la...

South Australia's Upper House has passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill...

New research shows more than 4 in 5 (83%) South Australians want the state...

In a landmark step, Tasmania has become th...

Voluntary assisted dying opponents say Victoria’s suicide rate has gone up...

An expert panel from the University of Tasmania has endorsed the state's a...

Australia is experiencing a sea change in awareness about the need for mor...

This year has tested us all. But we’re ending 2020 on a high note thanks t...

NSW could become the final Australian state to consider a voluntary assist...

Tasmania has again made history with the House of Assembly voting 17 to se...

Belinda Teh, the face of Western Australia’s campaign for voluntary assist...

Andrew Denton, Go Gentle Australia’s founding director, has been nominated...

A group of South Australian MPs has committed to introduce a voluntary ass...

Voters in New Zealand have overwhelmingly supported the right of an eligib...

Veteran of the voluntary assisted dying movement, Dr Rodney Syme AM, has b...

I must admit I am baffled that the Catholic Leader News, quoting the Salva...

In the leadup to the euthanasia referendum in New Zealand, an array of con...

Those who oppose voluntary assisted dying ignore the wealth of evidence th...

Northern Territory seniors have called on federal and territory politician...

An online event showcases the story of Alida Lancee, the West Australian d...

We asked you whether you thought talking about death was hard, and what to...

Tasmania's End-of-Life Choices Bill 2020 is on track to be tabled in parli...

A book about the voluntary assisted dying referendum in New Zealand is gai...

Law researcher Andrew McGee argues that legalising assisted dying is the b...

We lost a remarkable man last week. Colin Clarke, an emergency doctor for ...

When the pain got too much, Janet Cohen planned to travel to Switzerland w...

Expert panel says Covid-19 has not disrupted WA scheme's mid-2021 start da...

PhD candidate Jess Young interviewed dying New Zealanders and found they a...

In a time of crisis, staying connected with family and friends is more imp...

Independent Tasmanian MLC Mike Gaffney will push ahead with the introducti...

Due to the coronavirus emergency, Go Gentle Australia will be doing things...

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death...

"She was going to die in pain or she could use voluntary assisted dying to...

The Victorian doctor explains why he helps people access assisted dying la...

It has been said that personal stories are Kryptonite to those who deny su...

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board has this week published a report...

Tasmania's draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has been released for publi...

An overwhelming majority of Australians – in most recent surveys nearly 90...

With three more Australian states looking to follow the lead of Victoria a...

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 has cleared its final hurdle in Wes...

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 has passed through the Western Aust...

Promising news from Western Australia, as the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bil...

A petition signed by 7,460 Western Australians to legalise voluntary assis...

New Zealand is to become the first country in the world to put the issue o...

168 doctors have signed an open letter to WA MPs explai...

Supporters of more compassionate end-of-life choices are urged to write to...

Western Australia’s peak dementia-support organisation, Alzheimer’s WA, ha...

WA’s top neurologists have implored MPs to pass volunt...

The WA Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 has passed without amendment thr...

An eleventh-hour bid to veto Maine's aid-in-dying law has failed, allowing...

Australia’s peak palliative care body wants its neutrality on euthan...

The Rally For Choice on the steps of Parliament House was...

The WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) has endorsed a safe and compassiona...

Broadcaster Andrew Denton has urged WA doctors to stand up in support of p...

Kylie Monaghan passed away yesterday, October 8, after a long and brave ba...