Euthanasia advocates are lobbying for the repeal of a key Commonwealth law that provides safeguards against people being coerced to commit suicide. Continue reading

Playing more political games with euthanasia laws, Queensland’s Labor government has once again tried to use the issue to belittle opponents, this time angering faith-based hospital and aged care providers by back flipping on conscientious objection promises. Continue reading

As Queensland MPs get set to debate proposed assisted suicide legislation in September, Deputy Premier Steven Miles has called for them to pass the bill with a “sufficient majority” so it’s “set in stone” in case there is a change of government at the next state election. Continue reading

Western Australia’s deadly euthanasia and assisted suicide laws come into effect today, but suicide advocates are worried because there aren’t that many doctors and nurses want to be a part of it. Continue reading

Euthanasia activists are pushing to remove safeguards included in Victoria’s euthanasia laws, claiming that doctors are being put off getting involved in the process because of the legalistic and bureaucratic processes imposed by the legislation. Continue reading

Western Australia’s deadly euthanasia regime is set to commence next week. Continue reading

Northern NSW resident Natasha Beth Darcy has been found guilty of murdering her partner Mathew Dunbar after a jury of 11 declared her guilty on Tuesday. Continue reading

Dr Phillip Lee, the former director of supportive and palliative medicine for the Western Sydney Local Health District has sounded the alarm about the lack of palliative care at Westmead Hospital. Continue reading

Margaret Somerville, internationally known bioethicist and Professor of Bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s school of medicine, has spent over four decades researching and writing on the issue of euthanasia. Professor Somerville latest essay outlines the well traversed playbook of euthanasia activists around the world in this time. It always begins with claims that if legalised, euthanasia will only be rarely used and only as a last resort. Secondly they claim that it will not open up slippery slopes. Continue reading

In a telling interview, a representative for Exit International – a controversial group that promotes euthanasia and assisted suicide as a fundamental human right for anyone over the age of 50 – has stated that their group are owed gratitude for their efforts to push wide-ranging euthanasia laws. Continue reading