The Australian Medical Association (WA) has queried a statement from the independent Chair of the Medical Expert Panel into the assisted suicide and euthanasia legislation in Western Australia, Malcolm McCusker QC. Continue reading

As in our own nation, euthanasia legislation is looming large over the ditch. Continue reading

Sean Tagert was suffering from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, for six years.  He lived in Canada with his 11 year-old son. Continue reading

“..Now there is the option of voluntary assisted dying...” Continue reading

At the November 2017 election, the Queensland government told voters it had “no plans to introduce legislation to allow for voluntary euthanasia”. Continue reading

The long-lasting effects of euthanasia and assisted suicide on those left behind were clearly evident at an event in Perth last week, when a distressed young woman confronted Philip Nitschke over her father’s suicide death – aided by Exit International – two years earlier. Continue reading

Inaccessible and underfunded palliative care will leave vulnerable patients feeling that euthanasia is their only option, West Australia palliative care providers have said. Continue reading

Arguably no one illustrates the utter futility of euthanasia “safeguards” like Australia’s Philip Nitschke. Continue reading

The most recent statistics for Washington State’s assisted suicide laws demonstrate what we have seen in jurisdiction after jurisdiction that have passed these laws: a dramatic increase in assisted suicide deaths, the emergence of “specialist” assisted suicide doctors, the lack of psychological care… it’s an all-too-familiar story. Continue reading

  The Western Australian Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 was tabled in parliament on Wednesday, lauded by the government as having a supposed “102 safeguards.” Continue reading