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June 1, 2019
Extra Sydney Workshop – Monday 19 August 2019
Due to popular demand, Exit has scheduled an extra Sydney workshop on Monday 19 August 2019. The workshop will be held as follows: Rex Centre, Macleay St, Potts Point 9am – 12 noon All members attend free. Peaceful Pill eHandbook subscribers 50% discount. Public (on approval) $110 inc $10 gst.
May 9, 2019
‘A very peaceful death’: Nitschke to unveil high-tech death pod
Tracey Ferrier, Australian Associated Press AAP / The Age
Australian euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke is about to unveil his new high-tech death machine in Venice and says people are already lining up to use it. Dr Nitschke says the Sarco – short for sarcophagus – reinvents the experience of elected deaths. And given it’s made using 3D printers, it could soon help people legally […]
May 8, 2019
Sarco Unveiled @ Venice Design 2019
The world’s first 3D-printed euthanasia pod ‘The Sarco’ had its global unveil at Venice Design in May 2019. After three years in development, the world’s first 3D-printed euthanasia machine is now on display at the Palazzo Michiel at Venice Design 2019. Watch the short Film above. The machine was conceived by Euthanasia activist, Dr Philip […]
April 15, 2019
The Swiss Services Revisited
In the past year Exit has been intimately involved in the high profile deaths of two Australians: 104-year old Professor David Goodall and Melbourne fireman, Troy Thornton. Our intimate experience with the travels and travails of these two men caused Exit to pen a new chapter on the Swiss services for the March 2019 update […]
April 14, 2019
Sarco Global Launch @ Venice Design 2019
Exit is pleased and honored to announce the global launch of Sarco @ Venice Design at the Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne. For the past 6 months, the world’s first Sarco has been being printed at the Maak 3D precinct in Haarlem in the Netherlands. The first full-size, 3D-printed Sarco will now be unveiled in Venice […]
April 1, 2019
2019 Peaceful Pill Handbook – Now Available
There are 2 published versions of the Peaceful Pill Handbook: Print OR Online. 1. Online Edition – Peaceful Pill eHandbook Continuously updated with new information Available on 24 month subscription basis (US$85) Contains 50+ videos Allows access to Peaceful Pill Forums (on approval & after 1 month wait period) Printed from live URL secure line […]
January 20, 2019
Former Melbourne Fireman Troy Thornton Raises $16k
Former Melbourne fireman Troy Thornton has raised around $16,000 on crowd funding site, Go Fund Me, to help fund his trip to the Life Circle assisted suicide service in Basel Switzerland. Troy, who is suffering from Multiple System Atrophy, was forced to launch the campaign after Zurich service Dignitas refused to refund any part of […]
August 30, 2018
Tribute to Novelist, Biographer & Public Intellectual Dr Peter Corris
The world is a poorer place today – 30 August 2018 – after hearing of the death of Dr Peter Corris. A respected novelist, columnist and public intellectual in Australia, Peter was also the biographer of Exit Founder, Dr Philip Nitschke. In 2013, Philip and Peter collaborated on a year long writing project. The result […]
May 28, 2018
Australian, 104, dies in assisted suicide in Switzerland
Associated Press, PHILIPP JENNE
LIESTAL, Switzerland (AP) — A 104-year-old Australian biologist who drew international attention to his right-to-die case ended his life in Switzerland on Thursday, an advocacy group said. Exit International, the group that helped David Goodall carry out his wish, said the scientist was declared dead at 12:30 p.m. in Liestal, a town outside the city […]
May 24, 2018
‘There’s just too many of us’: Scientist, 104, feared for the future of Earth
Daniel Piotrowski, Daily Mail UK
He traveled from Australia to Switzerland to die by suicide on May 10. Philip Nitschke revealed Dr Goodall, 104, was worried about over-population. ‘There are just too many of us, consuming too much,’ Dr Goodall reportedly said. ‘Allowing end of life choice for the elderly… is a logical step’ he added. An 104-year-old scientist feared […]