It has been announced that a panel will oversee each application to regulate Victoria’s voluntary euthanasia laws. The laws allow terminally ill Victorians with less than six months to live, the right to end their lives. The article below is from the June 30, 2018 issue of The Age Digital Edition. Panel to study every […]
An incredibly brave courageous woman, Kerry Robertson has become the first person to successfully use Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying law. The Herald Sun Digital Edition: New law used to end life Kerry Robertson, 61, died at a Bendigo nursing home on July 15, 2019 surrounded by her … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
