National coronial data reveals that one in five (20%) suicides of people over 40 in ...

A 16-year-old Commonwealth law that prohibits discussing suicide via telephone...

Queensland has become the fifth Australian state - and the third this year - to lega...

Tomorrow (14 September), Queensland's Parliament will debate the Voluntary Assisted ...

Queensland nurses overwhelmingly back the introduction of Voluntary Assisted Dying l...

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board’s report on the first two years of assiste...

A coalition of pro-VAD community groups has refuted claims by Queensland’s Catholic ...

An alliance of 28 groups representing doctors, nurses, amb...

The public is invited to make submissions to the parliamentary inquiry into th...

A new briefing paper from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research sets out 20 ...

National Seniors Australia has surveyed its members and found 86% support for the op...

A 63-year-old terminally ill woman from Perth has become the first identified Wester...

Premier Mark McGowan says he's been advised that the first person has made use...

Go Gentle Australia welcomes the NSW Draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, relea...

Objectors to Voluntary Assisted Dying aren't the only ones with a conscience. ...

From 1 July 2021, terminally ill Western Australians can legally access Voluntary As...

Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying program is challenging and complicated. Professo...

South Australia is the fourth Australian state - and the second this year - to legal...

Ari Levanael watched his dad Barry die a slow and painful death "drugged out of his ...

The Candles for Compassion vigil drew 500 supporters to Parliament House in Adelaide...

As a palliative medicine doctor of 37 years, I believe South Australia's proposed vo...

The focus of Queensland's draft VAD bill is on "designing optimal law, rather ...

South Australia's Upper House has passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill 14 votes ...

New research shows more than 4 in 5 (83%) South Australians want the state to legisl...

In a landmark step, Tasmania has become the third Au...

Voluntary assisted dying opponents say Victoria’s suicide rate has gone up and the a...

An expert panel from the University of Tasmania has endorsed the state's assisted dy...

Radio personality Howard Sattler says he hopes to be one of the first to make use of...

Australia is experiencing a sea change in awareness about the need for more compassi...

This year has tested us all. But we’re ending 2020 on a high note thanks to all we h...

NSW could become the final Australian state to consider a voluntary assisted dying b...

Tasmania has again made history with the House of Assembly voting 17 to seven to sen...

Belinda Teh, the face of Western Australia’s campaign for voluntary assisted dying, ...

Andrew Denton, Go Gentle Australia’s founding director, has been nominated as a NSW ...

A group of South Australian MPs has committed to introduce a voluntary assisted dyin...

Voters in New Zealand have overwhelmingly supported the right of an eligible termina...

Veteran of the voluntary assisted dying movement, Dr Rodney Syme AM, has been named ...

I must admit I am baffled that the Catholic Leader News, quoting the Salvation Army,...

In the leadup to the euthanasia referendum in New Zealand, an array of conservative ...

Those who oppose voluntary assisted dying ignore the wealth of evidence that shows t...

Northern Territory seniors have called on federal and territory politicians to act o...

An online event showcases the story of Alida Lancee, the West Australian doctor whos...

We asked you whether you thought talking about death was hard, and what tools could ...

Tasmania's End-of-Life Choices Bill 2020 is on track to be tabled in parliament in l...

A book about the voluntary assisted dying referendum in New Zealand is gaining publi...

Law researcher Andrew McGee argues that legalising assisted dying is the best way to...

We lost a remarkable man last week. Colin Clarke, an emergency doctor for 20 years a...

The first anniversary of the operation of Victoria’s landmark Voluntary Assisted Dyi...

When the pain got too much, Janet Cohen planned to travel to Switzerland with a smal...

The heartbreaking postponement means voters must send Queensland politicians a messa...

Expert panel says Covid-19 has not disrupted WA scheme's mid-2021 start date.    

PhD candidate Jess Young interviewed dying New Zealanders and found they all agreed ...

Go Gentle Australia welcomes a report that recommends Queensland introduce Voluntary...

In a time of crisis, staying connected with family and friends is more important tha...

Independent Tasmanian MLC Mike Gaffney will push ahead with the introduction of his ...

Due to the coronavirus emergency, Go Gentle Australia will be doing things a little ...

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Rhonda...

"She was going to die in pain or she could use voluntary assisted dying to assist he...

The Victorian doctor explains why he helps people access assisted dying laws: “We ca...

It has been said that personal stories are Kryptonite to those who deny suffering at...

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board has this week published a report detailing...

Tasmania's draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has been released for public consulta...

An overwhelming majority of Australians – in most recent surveys nearly 90%