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After Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland? By Michael Cook The Labor-majority Parliament of the Australian state of Victoria passed assisted dying legislation in December 2017. This came into effect in June and the first patient has already died. Applications...
By Sarah Bowler *Pseudonyms have been used to preserve privacy (AUSTRALIA) Savannah* found herself in a detention center after fleeing conflict in her own country and then immigrated to Australia. With no family or support networks, she came to Diamond Women’s Support...
By Michael Cook The Australian state of Victoria has issued its first "voluntary assisted dying" permit under its 2017 euthanasia legislation, according to The Age. The permit has not been used, but it will allow an unidentified terminally ill person to obtain a...
By Michael Cook Euthanasia and assisted suicide became legal in the Australian state of Victoria on Wednesday. A bill authorizing “assisted dying” was passed by the State Parliament in November 2017; it took 18 months to set up the regulatory and administrative...
By Michael Cook One year ago, in December 2017, the Australian state of Victoria legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide. This has given new heart to supporters in other states who have been lobbying for years for the “right-to-die”. Helpfully, the Australian...
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Supreme Court in Brisbane, Australia, is hearing the case of Graham Robert Morant (69) who has been charged for assisting the suicide of his wife Jennifer Morant (58) in 2014. According to...
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week, the Australian Senate defeated a bill (36 to 34) that would have permitted the country’s two territories-- the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Northern Territory--to...
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Great news. The Australian Senate defeated the assisted suicide bill after two members of the Senate, who indicated that they would support the bill, changed their minds and voted against it....
Clem Jones Trust say that after supporting the push for assisted dying laws in Victoria last year, the trust will now back a campaign in Mr. Jones' home state. By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children...
By Dave Andrusko Although the outcome was known in advance , it didn’t make Wednesday’s decision by the Australian state of Victoria to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia any the less bitter. As Adam Baidawi, reporting for the New York Times, wrote, “After a two...