Newspaper Media
February 1, 2016
Readers Respond in their Thousands to “The Big Sleep” & the Reality of Ageing
When my article about Peter and Pat Shaw, the husband and wife who took their own lives, went up on Fairfax websites at noon last Friday, I didn’t know what to expect. Would our readers click on a story about an elderly couple’s suicide pact? Or was it too much for a sunny afternoon […]
January 16, 2016
The Big Sleep: the Rational Suicide of Melbourne Scientists Pat & Peter Shaw
Sydney Morning Herald by Julia Medew
Scientists Pat and Peter Shaw died in a suicide pact in October. Here, their daughters reflect on their parents’ plan – and their remarkable lives. For as long as the blue-eyed Shaw sisters can remember, they knew that their parents planned to one day take their own lives. It was often a topic of conversation. […]
November 27, 2015
Euthanasia Campaigner Philip Nitschke Sets Medical License Alight
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke has set fire to his medical practising certificate, and vowed to continue to advise terminally ill patients about how to take their own lives. The Medical Board of Australia had set out 25 conditions for the prominent campaigner to comply with if he wanted to remain a practising doctor. They included […]
November 1, 2015
Silencing Philip Nitschke won’t stop need for death with dignity
Terry Sweetman, The Courier-Mail
Silencing euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke won’t stop need for death with dignity EVEN before attending a Dying With Dignity meeting, I understood the inevitability of the former and the uncertainty of the latter. People might face death bravely, stoically or even cavalierly, but they never beat it. And, I have seen little that suggests much […]
October 26, 2015
Nitschke may give up Medical Registration
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke may consider giving up his medical registration after being forced to agree with a “gun to his head” to stop providing suicide and euthanasia advice. The Medical Board of Australia on Monday imposed 25 strict conditions on Dr Nitschke in a mediated settlement that will require he practise only in the […]
October 26, 2015
Ex-NT Chief Minister slams euthanasia advocate restrictions
Bill Hoffman, Sunshine Coast Daily
THE FORMER senior politician who introduced Australia’s first voluntary euthanasia laws has described Medical Board of Australia conditions of registration imposed on Exit International head Dr Phillip Nitschke as like something out of North Korea. Dr Nitschke has accepted 25 conditions on his ability to practice in a mediated settlement that concludes longstanding legal and […]