The potential harm to patients caused by some health care facilities refusing to provide VAD is one of the key issues identified in a statutory review of WA’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019.

While the review panel found the Act had been successful in facilitating end-of-life choice, it made 10 recommendations, including improving patient access to VAD that may be hindered by institutional conscientious objection.

The recommendations also aim to address gaps in awareness, education, regional access and workforce sustainability.  

Demand for choice at the end of life remains strong in NSW, with more than 1100 people seeking to access voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in its first seven months, the latest VAD Board report shows.

One in two Queenslanders (55%) are less likely to vote for a political candidate who says they will overturn the state’s Voluntary Assisted Dying law, a new survey reveals.

Former LNP Minister Jann Stuckey believes Queensland's VAD law is under threat from Conservatives who have vowed to overturn the legislation if elected. She tells Andrew Denton what voters need to do to protect end-of-life choice.

Patient and family voices have been a powerful force in voluntary assisted dying (VAD) law reform for many years. 

A coalition of leading health organisations has joined Go Gentle Australia in calling on the Federal Government to urgently amend a law impacting Australians who choose voluntary assisted dying (VAD).

The latest voluntary assisted dying report from Victoria shows 371 people have died in the past year, an increase of 22 percent.

For the first time, analysis of official data from all Australian jurisdictions presents a snapshot of VAD in practice; who is using the laws and what can be improved.

The Northern Territory has moved a step closer to having end-of-life choice with an independent advisory panel recommending it join the rest of the country and introduce voluntary assisted dying laws.

There has been a strong demand for VAD in NSW, a new report on the first three months of the state's VAD law reveals.