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September 28, 2014
Nitschke Faces Probe
By Julie-Anne Davies, The Sunday Age
September 28, 2014 Embattled euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke is being investigated by police in every Australian state over his possible role in nearly 20 deaths in the past three years, all of them apparently suicides. The latest investigation, by Victoria Police, concerns the death of a 55-year-old Geelong man who allegedly killed himself using […]
September 28, 2014
Australia’s Dr Death starts UK Suicide Club
By Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday
Australia’s Dr Death starts UK ‘suicide club’: Workshops and online guide will cause ‘endless tragedies’ Published: 08:15 AEST, 28 September 2014 | Updated: 08:15 AEST, 28 September 2014 Pro-euthanasia group Exit International was setup by Dr Philip Nitschke. The group has 1,000 UK members and has now opened a London office. Membership restricted to over-50s […]
September 7, 2014
Recluse Rupert Ward buried suicide drug
Paige Taylor, WA Bureau Chief, The Australian
A RECLUSE on Western Australia’s south coast will appear in a country court today charged with possessing the suicide drug Nembutal, believed to be the first Australian prosecuted for possessing the Chinese import. Rupert Ward, 68, said he would plead guilty to the charge in Albany District Court this morning after tests settled confusion over […]
September 3, 2014
Euthanasia Advocate Warns of Scam Nembutal Sites
Voluntary euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke says scam internet sites are using his image to sell the drug Nembutal. Dr Nitschke said the sites from the US, Eastern Europe and Turkey also include one US site appropriating the name of his organisation Exit. Dr Nitschke said he is powerless to stop the publication other than to […]
August 29, 2014
Townsville GP tells Exit Founder to kill himself
ANTHONY TEMPLETON, Townsville Bulletin, August 18, 2014 9:11PM
A TOWNSVILLE GP has been referred to police after sending a threatening email to euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke suggesting he shoot himself. Police and the Office of the Health Ombudsman were notified by Dr Nitschke after he received the email from Dr Pat Gibney yesterday. The email reads: “Dear Phillip (sic), Please do the […]
August 29, 2014
VEP’s Max Bromson dies surrounded by family
A terminally ill South Australian man who ran for the senate for the Voluntary Euthanasia Party has taken his life in a Glenelg motel room, says campaigner Philip Nitschke. Former businessman Max Bromson was the lead candidate in SA for the VEP, which backs the introduction of voluntary euthanasia laws across the country. In the […]