The daughters of the first Victorian to use the state's Voluntary Assisted Dying law say their mother's death was 'beautiful and peaceful'.

After 70 days and 3,500 kms, Belinda Teh is hoping the final leg of her walk across Australia for voluntary assisted dying will be the most memorable.

Go Gentle Australia congratulates the Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying for its final report handed to the Western Australian government today.

Go Gentle Australia welcomes the strong support from Western Australia's nurses and GPs for a proposed Voluntary Assisted Dying law.

The author of a study co-opted by the Catholic Church to paint a negative picture of assisted dying in Belgium and Australia has described a video published by the Sydney Archdiocese as “appalling” and a “blatant misrepresentation”.

Go Gentle Australia congratulates the people of Victoria for achieving what no other Australian state has been willing to do – implement a safe and workable assisted dying law.

Go Gentle Australia has been made aware of a grossly misleading advertisement circulating on social media and published by the Catholic Archdiocese in Sydney. 

Go Gentle Australia has called for a more reasoned and evidence-based debate around voluntary assisted dying laws in the wake of inaccurate news reports of the death of Dutch teenager Noa Pothoven and inflammatory comments from the WA Australian Medical Association (AMA WA). 

The Western Australian Government's $206 million commitment to palliative care services in today's 2019/20 Budget shows it is possible to support palliative care and also commit to a Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) law.

Go Gentle Australia strongly supports Western Australian Senator Jordon Steele-John’s call for a royal commission into the mistreatment of people with disabilities.