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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 […]
February 13, 2018
High Court trial of euthanasia campaigner Susan Austen gets under way on Monday
Susan Austen has pleaded not guilty to aiding a suicide and importing a drug that can be used for euthanasia. The trial of euthanasia campaigner Susan Austen begins in the High Court at Wellington on Monday. The 66-year-old retired Lower Hutt teacher faces one charge of aiding Annemarie Niesje Treadwell to commit suicide, and two charges of importing pentobarbitone, a […]
January 18, 2018
10 Things you didn’t know about Dr Death
ASSISTED dying advocate Dr Philip Nitschke will be holding a couple of events in Lismore next month. Here are 10 things you did not know about the Australian euthanasia advocate: 1. He completed a PhD in laser physics in 1972 2. In 1996, Dr Nitschke became the first doctor in the world to administer a […]
January 11, 2018
Exit FB Live Stream: Sunday 18 Feb, Time TBA
Join Exit’s 4th FB Live Stream with Exit Founder Dr Philip Nitschke on Sunday 18 Feb. Remember, FB LiveStreams are only open to Philip’s FB ‘Friends’. So send him a friend request now. Topic TBA.