September 7, 2014
Kerry Bromson to head Federal Voluntary Euthanasia Party
Kerry Bromson, the sister of the late former VEP Candidate for South Australia, Max Bromson, has taken on the challenge of National Convenor of the Voluntary Euthanasia Party. Now living in Sydney, Kerry has said it was her experience in being with her brother when he took his Nembutal that has encouraged her to get […]
September 7, 2014
Rupert Ward, guilty of possessing euthanasia drug Nembutal, given spent conviction
An Albany man has been fined $1,400 for importing a banned euthanasia drug but has escaped having the conviction recorded.Rupert Ward, guilty of possessing euthanasia drug Nembutal, given spent conviction Rupert John Ward, 68, pleaded guilty to importing six grams of pentobarbital, commonly known as Nembutal. He was charged after raids by police of the […]
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 […]
August 29, 2014
Philip Nitschke’s wife Fiona Stewart steps out
The Saturday Paper, By Ceridwen Dovey, 23 August, 2014
The day before I was meant to meet Fiona Stewart in Sydney, her husband, Philip Nitschke, founder of the Australian pro-euthanasia organisation Exit International, was served papers, and she cancelled her trip to stay in their home town of Darwin. The following week, Nitschke’s medical registration was suspended by the Medical Board of Australia because […]
June 15, 2014
Probe on euthanasia campaigner after friends’ suicide pact
The Herald Sun by Shelley Hadfield, 5 June 2014
A police investigation has begun into the deaths of two Melbourne women who obtained suicide devices from controversial euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke. A letter left by one of the women details their suicide pact. One of the pair had Alzheimer’s disease, but the other was healthy. Detectives this week asked Dr Nitschke, known as […]