March 24, 2015
Member’s Death Prompts Vic Police to Suspect Assisted Suicide
Julia Medew, The Age & Sydney Morning Herald
Dorothy Hookey thought she had everything in place. The 86-year-old had enrolled her husband Graham into cooking classes to make sure he could look after himself when she was gone. She had emptied the house of useless objects for the local op shop to benefit. And she had obtained her “insurance” – a lethal drug […]
March 21, 2015
Dying New Zealand Lawyer, Lecretia Seales, Speaks Out
Evidence of a meticulous intellect at work sits in high stacks of convoluted documents in the Wellington office of Lecretia Seales. Every day, she makes her way from the Karori home she shares with her husband, Matt, to her 19th-floor Featherston St workplace to devote another fraction of her precious remaining time to one of […]
March 13, 2015
Sir Terry Pratchett Dies at 66
Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett has died aged 66, having had Alzheimer’s disease for eight years. “The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds,” said Larry Finlay of his publishing company, Transworld. Best known for the Discworld series, Sir Terry wrote more than 70 books over his lengthy career. He was first diagnosed […]
March 8, 2015
Sudden death of lawyer threatens to derail Philip Nitschke’s resurrection
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke’s campaign to win back his registration to practise medicine is in disarray following the sudden death of his pro bono counsel and fellow activist Peter Nugent. In an email to Fairfax Media, Mr Nitschke said that Mr Nugent had been suffering stage four cancer, and “was well prepared, and had options […]
March 6, 2015
New Plea for Legal Funds
With the very, very sad news of the passing of Exit’s barrister, Peter Nugent, on 1 March 2015 we need legal funds & $$ more than ever. Throughout the entire Medical Board matter, Peter acted pro bono for Exit. The funds to date have gone on solicitor’s fees and court disbursements. Peter Nugent was a […]
March 5, 2015
RIP – Peter Nugent
Julie-Anne Davies, The Sunday Age
Exit’s brilliant barrister, Mr Peter Nugent, died at his home in Melbourne on Saturday 1 March 2015. His funeral will be held week commencing 9 March in Melbourne. Details will be published in The Age newspaper on Saturday 7 March. Exit sends our love and thoughts to his family: Bridgit, Caillin and Deb. Words cannot […]
February 6, 2015
Canadians win right to die in Historic Supreme Court Ruling
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a unanimous decision, confirmed that Canadians have the constitutional right to choose physician assistance in dying. The BC Civil Liberties Association is overjoyed by the Supreme Court’s ruling. This is a tremendous victory for the protection of human rights and compassion at the end of life. This means […]
January 21, 2015
Nitschke Target of Identity Theft
Flynn Murphy, The Medical Observer
EUTHANASIA advocate Dr Philip Nitschke has fallen victim to a Nembutal scam that he says makes him look like an “international criminal”. The organisation Dr Nitschke founded, Exit International, this week issued a scam alert for a Facebook page called ‘Buy Nembutal Pentobarbital’, which uses the prominent advocate’s image, and claims to ship Nembutal in […]