MEDIA RELEASE: Go Gentle Australia condemns the Catholic Church’s edict that terminally ill people who end their lives with voluntary assisted dying will be denied spiritual care.

124 terminally ill Victorians ended their lives through voluntary assisted dying in the 12 months since the state's landmark law came into effect, an official report has found.

The first anniversary of the operation of Victoria’s landmark Voluntary Assisted Dying Act is an important milestone for kinder, more compassionate end-of-life choices in Australia. But there is unfinished business.

The heartbreaking postponement means voters must send Queensland politicians a message on VAD at the next election.

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

Go Gentle Australia welcomes the Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board’s second report, assessing the first six months of operation of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017.

After a historic level of parliamentary scrutiny preceded by two-and-a-half years of inquiries and public hearings, the Western Australian parliament has passed into law the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019.

Palliative care patients in Kalgoorlie will benefit from a pressure care mattress bought with the help of a $5,000 donation from voluntary assisted dying campaign Belinda’s Brave Walk.

One in two West Australian voters say they would penalise at the ballot box politicians who fail to support WA’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, a new poll shows.

Seventy days, 3,500 kms, four pairs of shoes and thousands of signatures later, Belinda Teh has completed her walk across Australia in support of Western Australia introducing Voluntary Assisted Dying laws.