Dying woman's plea to NSW M...
Diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, Siobhan O'Sullivan has a simple me...
READ THE FULL STORYNSW should have allowed my ...
As a NSW resident, Mark Springer had to travel to Switzerland to die with ...
READ THE FULL STORYThe law robbed my mum of th...
Linda says he mother Margot's lingering decline from multiple sclerosis wa...
READ THE FULL STORY'I can't forgive MPs who vo...
Bertie Daniel was 15 when his father Lawrie, who was suffering with Multip...
READ THE FULL STORYHe could utter only two wor...
When Tom Barry asked how he was going to die from his metastatic facial ca...
READ THE FULL STORYWatching dad suffer confirm...
When Dad died, writes Susan, I was relieved his suffering was over. ... READ THE FULL STORY
We can make our deaths so m...
Amahl Haradasa died cruelly of motor neuro... READ THE FULL STORY
‘I’m sorry to go this way’
Desperately ill with three kinds of cancer and without access to a volunta...
READ THE FULL STORYShe was not treated humanely
Doctors assured Maryanne Platt that palliative care would ease her mother ...
READ THE FULL STORYHe begged me to help him ta...
When Scone man Ray Philpott's lung cancer spread, the pain became unbearab...
READ THE FULL STORYThere was only pain, there ...
My husband Bruce died in February. He should have died at Christmas-time b...
READ THE FULL STORYIt is Venessa's time to hav...
I am a senior pain specialist. I lost my wife three years ago. At the age ...
READ THE FULL STORY'Don't make people suffer'
"It was so hard to watch a man who had so much dignity, die without ... READ THE FULL STORY
What I witnessed should nev...
After witnessing her mother Leonie's death from pancreatic cancer, Amanda ...
READ THE FULL STORYI want to decide for myself
Bruce Fox wants to avoid a painful end of life. "It's about quality not qu...
READ THE FULL STORYWe thought she would pass a...
Jan Cumner’s mother Dorothy was 80 when she suffered back pain that ... READ THE FULL STORY
The option of VAD would hav...
As Virginia Fewster’s late husband Michael... READ THE FULL STORY
'Bring me a gun' - Diary re...
Dying from soft-tissue cancer, Marie Jansen's husband of 52 years fe... READ THE FULL STORY
'He asked me if I would smo...
Gary Lobley's partner Jeff died in 1993 fr... READ THE FULL STORY
If he had the option, he wo...
Allison Bowman’s father Stephen died seven... READ THE FULL STORY
I've had people begging me ...
Phil Browne is a registered nurse, palliat... READ THE FULL STORY
Please pass the VAD law so ...
"She said, ‘We don’t let animals suffer like this’ and she begged my eldes...
READ THE FULL STORY'You promised me it wouldn’...
My sister Gay suffered the most awful, unimaginable and intolerable pain. ...
READ THE FULL STORY‘It should be the right of ...
Dying from cancer and emphysema, Ian Thau's father kept crying, ‘Please ta...
READ THE FULL STORYIt is time to give people c...
Lydia*, a nurse of more than 30 years, has watched as countless people die...
READ THE FULL STORYVicky's VAD call: 'I will f...
Vicky Crichton says she was broken, listen... READ THE FULL STORY
'It would be a great relief...
Damon Spina was 39 when he was delivered t... READ THE FULL STORY
I hated seeing my parents i...
In her 20s, Michelle Reid lost both her parents within five months of each...
READ THE FULL STORY‘Allow me the choice not to...
Suffering intolerably with rapidly progressing motor neurone disease (MND)...
READ THE FULL STORYAssisted dying 'gave Alex h...
Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying law relieved 28-year-old Alex Blain's ...
READ THE FULL STORY'Let me choose a good death'
In March 2015, Gayl Gray was diagnosed with brain cancer. Just nine weeks ...
READ THE FULL STORY'A heartbreakingly beautifu...
Diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, Kym Murdoch’s 82-year-old mothe...
READ THE FULL STORY'This Voluntary Assisted Dy...
Assistant nurse Kay Lang has watched two close friends die horribly from c...
READ THE FULL STORYShe suffered and there wasn...
Terry Gladman's best friend and partner of... READ THE FULL STORY
I couldn't be more proud of...
My Mum campaigned for voluntary assisted dying for more than 20 years. Lit...
READ THE FULL STORYI just don't want her to su...
Karen Ireland's twin sister Kim is in the final stages of an agressive bra...
READ THE FULL STORYShe was all by herself
Rosie Mott ended her life - alone - when s... READ THE FULL STORY
Keeping Mum alive when she ...
Cathy Herbert’s mother Ursula died in 2017... READ THE FULL STORY
No mother should have to s...
Sharon Stretton’s son Daniel was born with... READ THE FULL STORY
Thank you for allowing me t...
Deb and Ron Baker, who are both living with cancer, have welcomed South Au...
READ THE FULL STORYA mother's plea to South Au...
South Australian Liz Habermann, whose terminally ill son Rhys took his lif...
READ THE FULL STORYAssisted dying: ‘I wouldn't...
Terminally ill Melbourne man Martin Mahood chose to hasten his death under...
READ THE FULL STORY'Mentally scarred for the r...
The best palliative care in the world would not have stopped Matt Downey's...
READ THE FULL STORY'I want to go before I'm in...
"I want to go when people remember me as being peaceful and able to say go...
READ THE FULL STORY'This suffering is just pla...
Ari Levanael watched his dad Barry die a slow and painful death "drugged o...
READ THE FULL STORYFormer nun urges VAD law in SA
A former novice nun, Jane Qualmann has no qualms about rejecting some tene...
READ THE FULL STORY'He died peacefully and wit...
69-year-old Larry Riley died “peacefully and without fear” using Victoria’...
READ THE FULL STORYLet me come home to die
Ceara Rickard is facing a desperate dilemm... READ THE FULL STORY
'To drink and end the suffe...
Julie Barrien has terminal endometrial can... READ THE FULL STORY
My niece fought for my end ...
I consider myself lucky to be a Victorian ... READ THE FULL STORY
I have MND. I know what lie...
My greatest hope is that people in New South Wales will see the sense in v...
READ THE FULL STORYAt mum’s funeral, I advocat...
My mother suffered horrendously. I implore the government to take urgent a...
READ THE FULL STORYI will fight to live as lon...
Hi, my name is Kym Watson. On the 10th April 2014, I was diagnosed with on...
READ THE FULL STORYI am determined to be a voi...
We who are dying are the people whose voices should be listened to i... READ THE FULL STORY
She died quietly and peacef...
This is a positive personal story about our family’s experience with... READ THE FULL STORY
'It's allowing me to be a b...
Diagnosed with rapidly progressing motor neurone disease, Kristin's dad Al...
READ THE FULL STORYA peaceful, dignified death
Keith English died peacefully surrounded by loved ones. He died on his own...
READ THE FULL STORY'I do not want to die. I am...
Today I feel the wind, rain and sun on my face for the very last time in m...
READ THE FULL STORYI am furious that others sh...
Dear Member of Parliament, on Voluntary Assisted Dying I feel it very impo...
READ THE FULL STORY'Why can’t I just go?'
My Nana, Elvie Holly, taught me so many things – she was the beating heart...
READ THE FULL STORYMy family has been decimated
My family has been decimated: Three generations, and more than a dozen peo...
READ THE FULL STORYThe McBryde family
Our beautiful Mum, Beryl, passed away just before midnight on Wednesday 31...
READ THE FULL STORYI want to die with dignity,...
My name is Rhonda Taylor. I celebrated my 54th birthday a week ago, my las...
READ THE FULL STORYThe Mermaid
In the house I grew up in, we have a shower with a picture of a merm... READ THE FULL STORY
My dad, Michael
Every week as a vet I put suffering pets – with no quality of life – to a ...
READ THE FULL STORYI have no option but to travel
It's six years since I was diagnosed with lung cancer and still hard to be...
READ THE FULL STORYSandra's story
“I’m sorry to report that it seems you are displaying symptoms of the dise...
READ THE FULL STORYMy mother, Gail
My mother Gail Carbone had a terminal brain tumour and passed away on 13 J...
READ THE FULL STORYDrs Ian Catto and Mary Collins
"Even if one dying person suffers unnecessarily, it is one too many."
READ THE FULL STORYElizabeth Cheung
We need your help so that other families don't have to suffer the way Eliz...
READ THE FULL STORYI have ten auto-immune dise...
I love life. I am not depressed. But I am stashing away pills so that I ca...
READ THE FULL STORYMy husband, Alan
Alan Bacon and I were pen friends for six months before we even met, and w...
READ THE FULL STORYI know my dad felt great pain
My dad, Ned Edward, used to tell me stories about his childhood when he dr...
READ THE FULL STORYMy mum, Mary, and my aunt, ...
My mum and my aunt were raised on a dairy farm in Busselton, so they grew ...
READ THE FULL STORYMy father, John
I am 68, which is about the same age my dad was when he died. So these day...
READ THE FULL STORYThe Cat Lady of Kojonup
My mum’s name was Elizabeth Stancer but she was also known as the Cat Lady...
READ THE FULL STORYKeith Potger
Australian music legend Keith Potger has lent his support to calls for vol...
READ THE FULL STORYThe hospice could not cope
My beautiful husband Michael was diagnosed with motor neurone disease on t...
READ THE FULL STORYMy husband, John
John Austin Sayer was a charming man and had the gift of knowing how to ta...
READ THE FULL STORYTom Percy, QC
Prominent Queens Counsel, Tom Percy, has supported calls for assisted dyin...
READ THE FULL STORYChristine Dargie
10% of suicides in WA are by people with a terminal illness. The effect on...
READ THE FULL STORYDr Mary Collins and Prof Fi...
What if you could have a beautiful death? Free from suffering, in control ...
READ THE FULL STORYDr Ian Catto
I graduated from medical school 40 years ago. Increasingly I have seen div...
READ THE FULL STORYPeta Nottle, one of Austral...
As one of Western Australia’s longest serving registered nurses and one of...
READ THE FULL STORYMy husband, Paul
I was driving when I heard Andrew Denton use the phrase 'Light a Fire' and...
READ THE FULL STORYCamilla's father
In 2009 my father was diagnosed with bowel cancer. By the time it was disc...
READ THE FULL STORYSarah's husband, JD
My late husband JD loved Christmas more than anyone I’ve ever known. He di...
READ THE FULL STORYMy sister, Peggie
My late father used to say that suffering from advanced emphysema was like...
READ THE FULL STORYHoward Sattler: my story
Radio legend Howard Sattler stood up for the battlers and took on governme...
READ THE FULL STORYMy aunt Roslyn, mother Eula...
My aunt Roslyn Hamilton-Brown, my mother Eulalie Maria Celine Humphrey, an...
READ THE FULL STORYGina, the love of my life
Georgina Burns, or Gina as she was known to friends, met her future husban...
READ THE FULL STORYMy father, Ernest
My father Ernest Alun Jones was a World War II veteran, a very stoic chara...
READ THE FULL STORYDr Felicity Haynes' mother ...
My mother, Joan Freeth, died of breast cancer in a slow and painful death,...
READ THE FULL STORYDon Paterson: my story
l'm a firm believer in life choices. That we all should have a choice if w...
READ THE FULL STORYMy father, Leslie
My father Leslie Hounsome died in 2006 at the ag...
READ THE FULL STORYVanessa's mother, Jen
When I was 19-years-old, I became the primary carer for my mum, who was in...
READ THE FULL STORYGarry and Jan's story
An overwhelming majority of Australians, Allanah MacTiernan said, wanted t...
READ THE FULL STORYJim and Joy, my parents
My Mum and Dad, Joy and Jim Jarratt, were fit, healthy people and active a...
READ THE FULL STORYMarie's husband, Rod
My partner, Rod*, of 20 years lost not only his life in a great deal of su...
READ THE FULL STORYMaretta Bane's brother
I have just written the following email to five of our MPs:
READ THE FULL STORYMy dad, Franc
My Dad, Franc Polak, passed away in July 2017 from gall bladder cancer.
Tanya Battel
As at June 2019, I am living with Stage IV incurable metastatic breast can...
READ THE FULL STORYProfessor Max Kamien
Professor Max Kamien, one of Australia’s most senior and influential gener...
READ THE FULL STORYMarjorie and her mother
I held my mother's hand until her last breath. She had metastatic melanoma...
READ THE FULL STORYDeborah 's mother
I lost both of my parents to terminal cancer. My Dad died in 1993 nursed ...
READ THE FULL STORYHarl Hogan, Gabrielle's hus...
My husband and I had been Members of Dying With Dignity (NSW) for thirty y...
READ THE FULL STORYL.P.'s mother, Joyce
My mother Joyce was born 18th January 1927 and passed 16 February 2016.