April 23, 2016
Hard Back, Large Font, Coffee Table Edition of Peaceful Pill Handbook – Now Available
In 2016, Exit has published three entirely new versions of The Peaceful Pill Handbook. These print books compliment the ground-breaking online edition The Peaceful Pill eHandbook. Want to impress your friends & have a intriguing talking point on your coffee table at home? Don’t look past the new Coffee Table Edition. Note – the Coffee […]
April 22, 2016
Exit Life Member Emeritus Professor Avril Henry Suicides at 81
Daily Mail UK, Martin Robinson (Chief Reporter)
Campaigner: Dr Avril Henry, 82, an advocate of assisted suicide, has been found dead days after a police raid sparked by an Interpol alert that she had imported euthanasia drugs from Mexico An 82-year-old professor has died days after police kicked down her door when Interpol traced assisted suicide drugs to her Devon cottage from Mexico. […]
April 17, 2016
Exit 20th Anniversary ROTI Conference: 22-23 September 2016
On 22 – 23 September at the State Library of Victoria, Exit International held a brilliant 20th anniversary conference. The conference marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Darwin man Bob Dent. On this day in 1996, Bob, suffering from prostate cancer, was the first person in the world to receive a legal, lethal, […]
March 27, 2016
Dr Death comedy show labelled ‘despicable’, ‘sick’ & ‘dangerous’
RIGHT to Life Australia has slammed as sick and dangerous a Melbourne International Comedy Festival show from controversial Territory-based euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke. The deregistered doctor’s show, Dicing with Dr Death, is part of the festival’s official program and broadcaster Derryn Hinch is on board to demonstrate Nitschke’s “destiny” suicide machine using non-lethal gas. Right […]
March 17, 2016
Dr Death Seeks Melbourne Celebrity to be Gassed On Stage
Philip Nitschke’s new “Destiny” euthanasia machine will be unveiled at the Australian premiere of his show ‘Dicing with Dr Death’ in Melbourne on 3 April. A modified and updated version of his hit from the 2015 Ed Fringe, the performance looks at the growth of DIY suicide methods, giving tips to the audience on the […]
March 1, 2016
Nitschke Calls for Euthanasia Drug Testing
AAP Australian Associated Press
A planned pill testing scheme for music festival-goers in NSW should be extended to the elderly, euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke says. A team of doctors led by president of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, Alex Wodak, on Sunday vowed to roll out a pill testing trial at festivals in a bid to save young […]
February 2, 2016
Families Smuggling Lethal Drugs into Hospitals so Loved Ones can Die
Three people smuggled lethal drugs into Australian hospitals last year so their loved ones could secretly take their own lives, euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke claims. The head of Exit International said the three patients were elderly and had serious illnesses when they took a lethal drug in their hospital beds, while being cared for at […]
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 […]