August 9, 2015
There’s a comedy show in Edinburgh that teaches you how to die
EDINBURGH — Dicing with Dr. Death has been dancing with the authorities. The Edinburgh Fringe show, which explores methods of assisted suicide and is presented by Australian euthanasia doctor Philip Nitschke, has been marred in controversy and closely watched by the authorities in the weeks leading up to its opening night. The Metropolitan Police questioned […]
July 30, 2015
Jay Franklin is pleading for help to end his life peacefully
In 2012, after nearly 100 operations and suffering ongoing chronic pain and depression from 35 years of living with a congenital bowel disease, Jay Franklin decided he would seek to end his life Jay Franklin has a ticket to die. Two years ago, the 37-year-old became one of the few Australians to be accepted at […]
July 24, 2015
Dr Death’s show is what the Fringe is all about
It is more than 50 years since a naked girl raced across the stage of an Edinburgh Fringe show, causing palpitations among the audience and outrage in the city chambers. The redoubtable Moira Knox, city councillor and bastion of moral standards, denounced the performance as an offence to common decency and threatened to close down […]
July 22, 2015
Dr Death’s Edinburgh Fringe show will see audience members ‘gassed’
Paul Gallagher, The Independent
Audience members at the Edinburgh Fringe show hosted by the controversial medic known as Dr Death will be ‘gassed’ as they model how “a peaceful and reliable means of death” is carried out. Right-to-die campaigner Philip Nitschke, 67, will invite people on stage to inhale gas from his updated version of the Deliverance machine that […]
July 6, 2015
Philip Nitschke wins appeal over medical licence suspension
Euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke has won the support of the Northern Territory supreme court in his fight against the Medical Board of Australia over the suspension of his medical licence. The NT supreme court upheld Nitschke’s appeal on Monday finding the emergency suspension of his licence by the MBA should not have been upheld […]
July 6, 2015
NT Supreme Court Finds Medical Board Decision Unlawful
NT Supreme Court Finds Medical Board Decision Unlawful Read the Full Judgment Here The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory has found that there was no evidence for the Medical Board of South Australia and the Medical Tribunal of the Northern Territory to argue that Dr Nitschke posed ‘a serious risk to persons’ for which […]
July 5, 2015
Court to rule on Nitschke’s suspension
The Supreme Court in Darwin is set to rule on whether the suspension of euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke’s medical licence is appropriate. A court is set to rule on euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke’s ongoing fight to overturn his suspension by the Medical Board of Australia. The board has accused Dr Nitschke of tacitly approving the […]
June 29, 2015
‘Dr Death’, assists in mid-air crisis on Qantas
Tim Barlass, Sydney Morning Herald
It started with a sick father’s pledge to take his son to Disney World. Paul Clifford was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2013. But there was one thing he was determined to do before time ran out. To take his two-year-old son, Archie, and family to see Mickey Mouse in Florida. Against the advice of […]