Experts have said aged care providers will face considerable challenges when voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws come into force in 2023. The bill was recently passed in the NSW parliament after decades of debate and will allow those who are ...
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Euthanasia to be legalised in NSW
Terminally ill people in NSW will have access to euthnasisa in a landmark decision handed down by state parliament yesterday. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 passed the NSW upper house on Thursday, receiving 23 votes in favour and 15 ...
More »The ’empowering’ choice of deciding when to die – Podcast
Fifteen older people in a recent study said being in charge of when they die is "empowering". The qualitative survey from Edith Cowan University took a deep dive into the opinions of older people on Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) and found ...
More »Dying with dignity: call to end delay over passing Voluntary Assisted Dying bill
No decision has been made as yet in NSW on whether Volunteer Assisted Dying (VAD) will be legalised. While the bill passed the lower house last year, there are concerns about restrictions on time allocated to its debate in the ...
More »How would you respond to a patient who wants to die?
It has been six months since the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act was passed into law in Victoria and the idea of state sanctioned euthanasia has been a topic continuously debated in state parliaments across the land. The full effect of ...
More »Into the great unknown: voluntary assisted dying in Australia
“You don’t know.” Jac Mathieson, the chief nursing officer at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, found herself saying this a lot when talking about the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act, soon to be law in Victoria. In this instance she was asked, ...
More »Euthanasia reforms to reach across Australia in coming years: experts
When it comes to changing the law to permit voluntary assisted dying Australia-wide, it’s a case of when, not if, say Queensland law experts. QUT’s Professor Lindy Willmott and Professor Ben White detailed the growing international trend to permit voluntary ...
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