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Keith English died peacefully surrounded by loved ones. He died on his own terms usi...

In the house I grew up in, we have a shower with a picture of a mermaid printe...

I live in Victoria, where Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation was implemented...

On 9 July 2019, Kerry Robertson, 61, became the first Victorian to be granted a perm...

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Felicity has more than fifteen years of professional social work experience in inter...

You’ll find Peter B. Williams, 64, at the S...

I am a 59 year old R.N. Division 1 nurse with 34 years' experience and throughout my...

My name is Elizabeth Short. Over the last 11 years I have lost three close family me...

My dad was a saw-miller all his life, and at the end it was hard to stop him from wo...

My father was diagnosed with cancer of the lower oesophagus and stomach after collap...

I’m sitting here in tears because I don’t even know where to start, I cannot underst...

I guess the best place to start is where ‘our’ journey all began. It...

My life partner, Mark Brennan, was born in 1948, and ended his own life on 9 Februar...

My mother, Jan Scott Ryder, was a beautiful woman who adored her family and loved he...

I am Kass Hall and I have been been living on borrowed time for 27 years.

Sandra Morris never felt ready to say goodbye to her partner of over 40 years, but t...

My name is Susan and I was Colin’s full time carer for over 9 years. We were married...

I want to be able to choose.

Carolyn Forster, 48, is the queen of trivia...

Phyllis Woodger remembers the taxi pulling up outside her Frankston home.

Andrew Carswell was an award-winning musician with innovative bands such as Not Drow...

Beverley Randall didn't tell her family when she was diagnosed with lung cancer beca...

My beautiful Dad, Alastair, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer when he was 62 ...

On 2 September 2015, after writing a letter each to my brother and me, compiling a l...

Kelly Arnett Somerville's mother Eileen Keogh had talked about voluntary assisted dy...

Ten years ago, my partner died by his own hand in the best possible circumstances. H...

I am a man, fifty-seven years old. My life is filled with love and happiness due to ...

Michelle has seen a number of family member...

My mother-in-law suffered from multiple myeloma, a very painful bone cancer. For the...

Giuseppe Coco wasn’t a complicated man, nor a judgmental one, and he followed his in...

“I promise you, you will not suffer at the end.” These words will resonate in my ear...

It says much about Bill Bailey that he joined the British army at seventeen at the s...

"Can I have an injection now?"  My mother asked her very dedicated G.P. at her bedsi...

My father asked me whether he could end his life. My father was 59...

As a young bloke, my Dad was a talented sports-person. He played football with the M...

"This story is a celebration of life and love and a testament on how to live while d...

Like many older Australians, a group of residents of Cherry Tree Grove re...

It was six years ago when Justine Martin was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a de...

I am a 60-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with primary peritoneal cancer, Stag...

Margaret Maxwell was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994. She researched the diseas...

On too many occasions as a Division One Registered Nurse off duty, and on duty, I ha...

My grandfather was a proud and passionate man who really lived up to his role as the...

Coronor John Olle's evidence to the Victorian Inquiry into...

My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 25. By 39 she had died of secondar...

I have just turned 41. A pretty big life event for many, but in my case especially.