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Well done NSW; now for the Territories NSW today became the final Australian state to pass a Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill. The VAD Bill passed the upper house at midday, May 19, 2022, with...

My Dad's experience with VAD VADSA PUBLIC MEETING The Box Factory 59 Regent St South, Adelaide Sunday April 3, 2022 at 2.15 pm Guest speaker will be Cheryl McKenna who will talk about her and her...

    Voluntary Assisted Dying is not yet a legal choice in South Australia. The Parliament passed the VAD Bill on June 24, 2021 and the Governor provided Royal Assent on August 24, 2021....

The Austria, AUKUS and VAD connection A population group equivalent to everyone living in Australia, the UK and the USA – the AUKUS alliance - now live in a country where a compassionate choice at...

Dying with Dignity NSW were relieved and pleased to see the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 passed by the Lower House 52 votes to 32 on Friday 26 November 2021. Dying with Dignity...

Health Minister Wade will be in no doubt that there is enormous distress in the South Australian community about the delays in commencement of Voluntary Assisted Dying in South Australia. The questions and comments...

Vale Dr Rodney Syme, AM 1935-2021 The death of Dr Rodney Syme last month, a Victorian surgeon and urologist, has filled every campaigner for a compassionate end of life choice with great sadness. Rodney...

The Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Hon Stephen Wade, MLC, is responsible for managing the implementation of voluntary assisted dying in South Australia. SA Health, the Minister's Department, states on its website that VAD...

On the evening of Thursday, September 16, Queensland became the fifth state to legalise Voluntary Assisted Dying. MPs voted overwhelmingly to support passage of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill with 61 MPs voting to...

Queensland legal academics and long term VAD researchers, Ben White and Lindy Willmott, have summarised many years of research into a handy summary document. The summary covers 37 research papers. White and Willmott were...