A woman whose terminally ill husband lobbied hard for assisted dying to be legalised in Victoria is “over the moon” the controversial laws will come into effect from today Wednesday June 19, 2019. Former Shell Coles Express managing director Peter Short, 57, died in 2014 in palliative care after being given terminal sedation for oesophageal […]
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”, […]
