Newspaper Media
November 18, 2014
A Clinical Jarring Decision on Rational Suicide
Can a person’s legal right to take their own life ever be a rational decision to the point that doctors are actually obligated to make no intervention? Should that decision – even if made by a person suffering no terminal illness – then be assisted? These almost philosophical questions dominated a three-day medical tribunal hearing […]
November 15, 2014
Philip Nitschke tribunal: Medical Board granted power to raid homes
Amy Corderoy, Sydney Morning Herald
The Medical Board of Australia has been granted the power to raid homes as part of its investigation into euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke. Janine Wilson, whose sister Wendy Benton died almost three years ago, said it was like being “burgled while you were watching” when officials turned up at her house two weeks ago to […]
November 14, 2014
3/4 Victorians support VE: VEP Strong Contender in 2014 Vic Election
Three out of four Victorians say people suffering from incurable illnesses should be able to access assistance to die if they want to, a poll suggests. But neither the government nor the opposition has plans to engage with the issue before this month’s state election. Labor leader Daniel Andrews said he did not support voluntary […]
November 7, 2014
Johnny Rotten to Consider Dignitas if Dementia sets in
The Independent by Ella Alexander, 5 November 2014
John Lydon says euthanasia would be “highly popular” in his head if he was later blighted with dementia. He would also consider going to assisted dying organisation Dignitas. “If I ever felt senility was coming in, then euthanasia would be highly popular in my head,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to endure that hollow loneliness […]
October 26, 2014
‘Is there anybody out there?’ asks Darwin man Martin Burgess
Daily Mail Australia by Lillian Radulova
A 71-year-old terminally ill Darwin man has died in what has been described as a ‘clear cut case of suicide’ after appealing for euthanasia drugs over social media. Martin Burgess had been suffering from rectal cancer, which soon spread through the rest of his body, for three years before he took to Youtube to describe […]
October 21, 2014
35 Year Old Comedian Mel Moon Joins Exit
STRICKEN mum-of-two Mel Moon is the youngest member of a right-to-die “suicide club” — at the age of 35. She has a rare immune system condition that could leave her dying in agony and admitted she has drawn up a plan to kill herself peacefully. She told The Sun: “I’d hope my children would understand […]