January 12, 2015
Former Whitlam AG Kep Enderby Dies at 88
KEP ENDERBY 1926-2015 Kep Enderby, QC, barrister, civil libertarian, politician and judge, is best known for his role as federal Attorney-General in 1975, advising the prime minister Gough Whitlam at the time of the Dismissal. After succeeding Lionel Murphy as Attorney-General in early 1975, Enderby was in the vortex of giving advice on the constitutional […]
January 12, 2015
Nitschke Fight Steps Up to Lift Medical Ban
Brad Crouch, The Adelaide Advertiser
Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke will appeal to the Supreme Court after the Medical Tribunal of the Northern Territory dismissed his appeal against suspension of his registration. Dr Nitschke said he was disappointed but not surprised by the tribunal’s decision. In July the Medical Board of South Australia used its emergency powers to immediately suspend Dr […]
January 11, 2015
Philip Nitschke Heads to Supreme Court
The voluntary euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke will take the Australian medical tribunal to the supreme court after it upheld the suspension of his medical licence. The move comes after the suicide of a depressed but otherwise healthy man with whom Nitschke had been corresponding. In findings made shortly before Christmas, the Northern Territory health professional […]
December 12, 2014
VEP Party – Show of Force in Vic Election
While the count goes on in Victoria, preliminary results show a very good result for the Voluntary Euthanasia Party of Victoria’s first election attempt. A joint launch of a billboard campaign with the Australian Sex Party proved especially effective. The VEP stood 10 candidates across 5 Upper House regions. In two regions, the VEP achieved […]
December 4, 2014
AMA NT Again Postpones Nitschke Suspension Meeting
RIGHT-to-die doctor Philip Nitschke says a meeting to expel him from the Australian Medical Association NT branch is nothing but a late-notice kangaroo court. His opponent, AMA NT boss Dr Robert Parker, says the controversial doc is only playing more games. In the latest stoush between Dr Nitschke and medical authority, the AMA NT will […]
December 4, 2014
I helped my best friend die: Lesley Basset is the face of Exit UK
Lesley Bassett, the face of the first UK chapter of Exit, a euthanasia group that campaigns for legal suicide, on why her best friend’s death and her role in it changed the course of her life. Lesley Bassett is nervous, but hiding it behind a welcoming smile. It’s a wet Saturday morning in October, and […]
November 28, 2014
Precedent cited in Philip Nitschke case overturned
Amy Corderoy, The Sydney Morning Herald
A controversial ruling that a doctor has a duty to help strangers who are not their patients has been overturned in the Supreme Court. The decision has the potential to change the way doctors are expected to behave in emergencies, and might have ramifications for euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke, who has been suspended for failing […]
November 21, 2014
Ethical duty to rescue: court of appeal
Much discussion followed the 2013 decision Medical Board of Australia v Dekker [2013] WASAT 182, a conduct matter following an incident in which a practitioner failed to stop and render assistance after a ‘near miss’ incident involving her motor vehicle and a second motor vehicle. For that earlier decision see http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/wa/WASAT/2013/182.html In a judgment delivered […]