The vulnerable v the entitled:how VAD has become a ‘hugely unfair fight’

The vulnerable v the entitled:how VAD has become a ‘hugely unfair fight’

Andrew Denton’s passionate advocacy for voluntary assisted dying has been fuelled by the realisation the most powerful people in the country were opposing VAD.

  • byPeter FitzSimons

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Labor would review laws that clash with assisted-dying schemes

Labor would review laws that clash with assisted-dying schemes

Doctors who use telehealth to support patients considering Voluntary Assisted Dying risk being prosecuted under Commonwealth laws.

  • bySean Parnell
Concerns rise that NSW assisted dying laws will be delayed

Concerns rise that NSW assisted dying laws will be delayed

A new campaign highlighting people who died waiting for voluntary assisted dying in NSW will be rolled out this week.

  • byAlexandra Smith
After my husband died by voluntary euthanasia,I went searching for answers

After my husband died by voluntary euthanasia,I went searching for answers

An accident left him paraplegic at 13,but Bill went on to live a full life until his health began to fail. Dying on his own terms was his final request.

  • byCarolyne Lee
A 3D-printed pod inflames assisted suicide debate

A 3D-printed pod inflames assisted suicide debate

“You say goodbye to everybody and climb in,” Australian inventor Dr Philip Nitschke said.He wants to make the pod available next year in Switzerland.

  • byChristine Hauser
‘I can’t do it myself’:Son sentenced for aiding ailing father’s suicide
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‘I can’t do it myself’:Son sentenced for aiding ailing father’s suicide

Colin Stratton,80,begged his son to shoot him to end his chronic pain soon after being told paperwork for assisting dying could take weeks.

  • byErin Pearson
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Voluntary assisted dying bill passes final vote in NSW lower house

Voluntary assisted dying bill passes final vote in NSW lower house

Historic reforms to grant terminally ill people the right to end their lives have cleared the NSW lower house,after members finished debating more than 160 amendments.

  • byLucy Cormack
Assisted dying bill passes first lower house vote in NSW Parliament

Assisted dying bill passes first lower house vote in NSW Parliament

Voluntary assisted dying in NSW is one step closer after a vote in the lower house.

  • byAlexandra Smith andTom Rabe
Broad support for assisted dying ahead of vote on controversial bill

Broad support for assisted dying ahead of vote on controversial bill

Almost two-thirds of NSW voters support voluntary assisted dying,new polling reveals.

  • byAlexandra Smith
‘Add-ons’ to assisted dying bill may render it unworkable
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‘Add-ons’ to assisted dying bill may render it unworkable

The NSW Parliament should resist the inevitable raft of amendments to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill,which is based on the VAD laws passed in other Australian states.

  • byLindy Willmott andBen White
Assisted dying bill has deleted too many safeguards

Assisted dying bill has deleted too many safeguards

A bill put before Parliament in 2017 was far superior in the protections it offered.

  • byMonica Doumit