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 […]
Australia’s biggest Record of Support for Voluntary Assisted Dying
Add Your Name More than 80% of us believe terminally ill Australians should have a choice not to suffer at the end of life. Six states have passed voluntary assisted dying laws – but the Territories are still denied this choice. Go Gentle Australia are building Australia’s biggest Record of Support to tell politicians why we […]
Victorian Assisted-Dying Guidelines
Three pharmacists at The Alfred hospital have been given the job of mixing and delivering the lethal dose to be taken by Victoria’s first voluntary euthanasia patients. The pharmacists will personally deliver the substance, made from a cocktail of drugs already legal in Australia, in a locked box to terminally ill people across the state. […]
Bob Hawke: euthanasia should be legal in Australia
In Andrew Denton’s Better Off Dead podcast series, ex Prime Minister Bob Hawke, 86, voiced his opinion to call for voluntary euthanasia to be legalised. I think it is absurd that euthanasia is not legal within this country. It doesn’t meet any requirements of morality or good sense. “I am more than happy for my […]
Go Gentle Australia
Go Gentle Australia, founded by Andrew Denton, is an expert advisory and health promotion charity for a better conversation around death, dying and end of life choices, in particular voluntary assisted dying. We’re about the right to choose a peaceful death: to give those suffering with untreatable or terminal illness the choice to “go gentle”, […]
