Tasmania has again made history with the House of Assembly voting 17 to seven to send the End of Life Choice Bill to a third reading. The vote is the best indication yet that Tasmania is set to become the third Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying.

Belinda Teh, the face of Western Australia’s campaign for voluntary assisted dying, is a finalist for WA Young Australian of the Year.

Queensland will see a bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying by mid-year 2021, following Labor’s election win.

Andrew Denton, Go Gentle Australia’s founding director, has been nominated as a NSW finalist in the Australian of the Year awards.

A group of South Australian MPs has committed to introduce a voluntary assisted dying bill "within weeks".

Voters in New Zealand have overwhelmingly supported the right of an eligible terminally ill person to seek legal voluntary assisted dying.

Veteran of the voluntary assisted dying movement, Dr Rodney Syme AM, has been named among Victoria’s nominees for the 2021 Senior Australian of the Year.

I must admit I am baffled that the Catholic Leader News, quoting the Salvation Army, is using ‘love your neighbour’ as a reason for opposing Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD). Prolonging suffering is not an act of love.

In the leadup to the euthanasia referendum in New Zealand, an array of conservative Christian political organisations is running an expensive campaign to sow fear and doubt about the safety of the law. But why are they hiding their Christian identities, asks Graham Adams.

Independent MLC Mike Gaffney has tabled the End of Life Choice (Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill) 2020 in the Tasmanian parliament.