Australian’s now have a one stop resource for information about End of Life Law in Australia from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) an initiative of the ACHLR, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. About QUT: End of Life Law in Australia (website) End of Life Law in Australia provides accurate, […]
Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws Australia in 2023
In Australia, voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws have been passed in all States (not territories). Is voluntary assisted dying legal in Australia? Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws have been passed in each of Australia’s six States – Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales*. VAD remains illegal in the Northern Territory** and […]
Australian States: Legal Voluntary Assisted Dying
In wonderful news for Australians, six Australian states have passed voluntary assisted dying laws. Laws that legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) have been passed in Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales. The laws in each State are similar but there are key differences. Victoria was the first state in Australia […]
Voluntary Assisted Dying now legal in 6 Australian States
Fantastic news Australia.. the New South Wales Parliament finally passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 on Thursday 19th May 2022. Voluntary Assisted Dying is now legal in NSW, the culmination of 50 years of advocacy. Victoria passed it’s laws in 2017, Western Australia in 2019, Tasmania in 2020/21 and South Australia and Queensland in […]
Father’s Final Wish: son pulls trigger in mercy killing
A very sad story about a brave man that granted his fathers’ final wish. Importantly: Despite chronic cancer and suffering pain, the father was ineligible for Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying program. Father: Colin Stratton Son: Glenn Stratton I CAN’T DO IT MYSELF A devoted son who tearfully told his elderly father he loved him, before […]
