Four hundred clinicians, policymakers and patient advocates from across Australia and New Zealand met for the first time to discuss voluntary assisted dying practice and launch VADANZ, a new peak body for VAD professionals.

In the first six months of voluntary assisted dying in Queensland, 591 people commenced the process and 245 people died from administration of a VAD substance, a new report reveals.

The latest voluntary assisted dying report from Victoria shows 306 people have died in the past year, an increase of 11 percent.

The death of 23-year-old Lily Thai helped raise awareness about end-of-life choice in South Australia, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board has said in its latest quarterly report.

Dying with Dignity Victoria and Griefline have partnered to deliver a free pilot program for people who are preparing for, or have experienced, a loved one’s assisted death.

An Anglican Church directive to aged care homes to actively dissuade residents from seeking voluntary assisted dying is coercion and should be condemned.

Sixteen terminally ill Tasmanians chose medical assistance to die in the first six months of the state's voluntary assisted dying (VAD) law, a new report reveals.

A new voluntary assisted dying report from New Zealand shows encouraging signs of cultural acceptance from the Maori community.

A new study from QUT end-of-life researchers sheds light on the difficulties patients experience when applying for voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Victoria.