Professor John Keown, a leading researcher and writer on international euthanasia practice and ethics, has slammed the End of Life Choices report from the Victorian Parliament’s Legal and Social Issues Committee as well as the subsequent Ministerial Advisory Panel’s final report were both “seriously  flawed”. Continue reading

In an unusual display of bipartisanship, five Democrats and five Republicans have cosponsored a resolution in the United States House of Representatives warning that “assisted suicide (sometimes referred to as death with dignity, end-of-life options, aid-in-dying, or similar phrases) puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm and undermines the integrity of the health care system.” Continue reading

In her second reading speech introducing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017, Victorian Minister for Health, Jill Hennessy, opened with a declaration that “Far too many Victorians have suffered too much and for too long at the end of their lives”. Continue reading

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 was tabled in the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Thursday 21 September 2017. The Bill, it has been repeatedly claimed by Premier Daniel Andrews, would set up a system that was the “most conservative, careful and safest in the world”. Some simple fact checking shows this to be a big fat lie. Continue reading

A letter from 101 Victorian oncologists, sent to all Victorian MPs, illustrates the strong opposition to the Andrews government’s reckless proposal for assisted suicide and euthanasia. Continue reading

Some of the discourse on assisted suicide and euthanasia can make the question seem complicated. In essence the proposition is quite simple: should our society allow doctors to support a person’s wish to suicide or not? Continue reading

When it comes to assisted suicide and euthanasia legislation, there is clear disagreement amongst doctors.  Continue reading

Local and National Disability Advocates spoke out recently against the Andrews Government’s proposed assisted suicide and euthanasia bill at a Parliamentary Briefing. Continue reading

The Open Letter from Christian Leaders to Premier Daniel Andrews this week drew criticism from ‘the usual suspects’. Published in the Herald Sun newspaper, its rival, The Age used the opportunity to denigrate and attempt to dismiss the concerns that the letter raised. Continue reading

By Paul Russell: It’s difficult to talk about suicide. There won’t be a person reading this who hasn’t been touched by a suicide tragedy in some way. As a society, we’re learning slowly to talk about it; to keep a caring eye out for friends and loved ones and to ask: R U OK? Continue reading