November 20, 2013
Police inspect Dr Philip Nitschke’s new euthanasia clinic in Adelaide
Police have inspected a clinic run by euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke. He opened the site in Adelaide in recent days, saying it would provide information to people wishing to end their lives and run laboratory tests on drugs. Dr Nitschke said he had not been contacted by the South Australian Government about his clinic. The […]
October 14, 2013
Nitschke Autobiography to be launched in Tasmania
Melbourne University Press will host the Tasmanian launch of the autobiography of Exit International’s Dr Philip Nitschke this week. Written with Peter Corris, Damned If I Do traces Philip’s remarkable life from boyhood in rural South Australia to his ground-breaking work in the right-to-die movement. This is the revealing, personal story of the man behind […]
September 16, 2013
Jay Franklin tells his story to ABC’s 4 Corners
After 36 years struggling with that situation, Jay Franklin says he’s had enough and he wants to end his own life. Because assisted suicide, or voluntary euthanasia, is illegal in Australia he is forced to apply to Switzerland to fulfil his wish. Jay’s story raises many questions: why doesn’t society allow an individual with an […]
June 25, 2013
London workshop attendees battle wierdos at door
A crowd of more than 100 elderly and seriously ill folk were forced to battle PAID black-robed, anonymous protestors representing the ‘Care not Killing’ Coalition to gain entry to Dragon Hall in London on Tuesday in order to attend Exit’s Workshop. It was only when the demonstrators were unable to engage in debate about VE […]
May 20, 2013
License to Kill: A new Al Jazeera documentary
Is Australia’s moral compass being called into question as opinions change about euthanasia? 101 East is Al Jazeera’s weekly Asian current affairs program covering a dynamic region with diverse cultures and conflicting politics. With special reports, interviews and debates, 101 East tackles the issues that unify and divide Asia. Tony Richmond has made a new […]
August 28, 2012
Fiji: A Pacific solution for a Peaceful Death
In early 2011, Exit International approached the Fijian Government with a proposal to open a Dignitas-style ‘Assisted Suicide’ clinic in Nandi. In June 2011, the Fijian Attorney General requested a detailed proposal. In late August 2012, Exit International gave The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers exclusive access to the correspondence & the discussions to date. Read The […]
September 24, 2011
Exit Member Pleads for SA Bill to Pass
With the South Australian parliament due to vote for a third time this week on Labor MP Steph Key’s Medical Decriminalisation Bill, Exit Member Terry O’Connell, who suffers from advanced MS has spoken out on ABC TV’s Stateline SA. Her story is no longer available.
March 13, 2011
The Meaning of Life according to Philip Nitschke
Sunday night’s guest on the ABC TV’s flagship program Compass – Life’s Big Questions with Scott Stephens – Dr Philip Nitschke, one of our most controversial Australians. Philip’s stand on voluntary euthanasia has inextricably connected him to death, and he has a lot to say about the meaning of life too. Watch the film here.