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1. Win as Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passes NSW lower house

   Democracy Suzanne James Dying With Dignity NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 Gadigal ... Country/Sydney In a major victory for democracy, the NSW Legislative Assembly passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying ... Australia in terms of legislating for voluntary assisted dying. Following the vote, Dying with Dignity NSW ...

2. Voluntary assisted dying advocates continue the push for a NSW law

   Democracy Suzanne James Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 Dying With Dignity NSW right to choose ... A Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill (NSW) 2021 (VAD) is set to be introduced by Independent Sydney MP Alex ... abortion and voluntary assisted dying, VAD has nearly 80% public support, including from the majority of ...

3. Rally for voluntary assisted dying

   Democracy Janet Parker voluntary euthanasia legislation Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 ... Assisted Dying Bill 2019 passed its first vote in WA’s Legislative Assembly 44 to 12, bringing the state ... to die bill on September 3. Photo: Dying with Dignity/FB Voluntary euthanasia and the hypocrisy of ...

4. A ‘completed life’ deserves a dignified ending

   Books & music Healthcare Suzanne James voluntary assisted dying legislation book reviews ... voluntary assisted dying campaigner Dr Rodney Syme passed away from a stroke in 2021 aged 86, he had ... was a renowned surgeon and researcher who began advocating for voluntary assisted dying after treating ...

5. Push continues for voluntary euthanasia law in NSW

   Democracy Healthcare Jim McIlroy Coral Wynter Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 Dying With ... Australia and supporters of the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill have pressed the case outside the NSW ... Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passes NSW lower house Voluntary assisted dying advocates continue the push ...

6. Greens Senator David Shoebridge: Territory rights ‘a matter of principle’

   Democracy Suzanne James voluntary assisted dying bill Dying with Dignity A bill seeking to give ... the ACT and Northern Territory rights to legislate their own laws, including voluntary assisted dying ... remain concerned also and are urging supporters of voluntary assisted dying to contact Senators to again ...

7. Democracy wins over theocracy as Territory rights law finally passes

   Democracy Suzanne James voluntary assisted dying legislation territory rights After a 25-year war ... territories to pass voluntary assisted dying laws. Right up to the last minute, the shrinking band of ... states having now passed voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws after sustained public demand. Shayne ...

8. Hostile MPs launch desperate last-minute attempt to delay NSW VAD bill

   Democracy Healthcare Suzanne James Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 Gadigal Country/Sydney The ... NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 was due to go to a lower house vote in NSW Parliament on ... news that opponents of the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill in the NSW Parliament have tabled over ...

9. VAD becomes legal in NSW, but Telehealth ban bites

   public demand, Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) became a legal end-of-life option in New South Wales from ... looks. Australia December 4, 2023 1396 Voluntary assisted dying campaigners outside the NSW parliament in ... being able to pass voluntary assisted dying laws Analysis ...

10. Is assisted suicide a dangerous idea?

    the term “assisted suicide”, rather than “euthanasia” or “voluntary euthanasia”. And with good reason. ... at government Those arguing for the Right to Die say that assisted suicide needs to be sanctioned by ... central to some political parties. The Greens have an assisted suicide campaign, Dying With Dignity, which ...

11. Voluntary euthanasia and the hypocrisy of the religious right

    assist their terminally ill loved ones to die, they face harsh penalties. Whilst the person's ... Phil Shannon Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill By Philip ... Andrews, which overturned the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia legislation in 1997. Dr. ...

12. 'We have the right to die'

    Vincent Phelan Ten years ago, Australia led the world in voluntary euthanasia legislation. On ... September 22, 1996, Bob Dent became the first person in the world to receive a legal, lethal, voluntary ... a physician-assisted death. "It's an abomination", writes Nancy Pullman, "that anyone has to go ...

13. SUDAN: Western powers allow thousands to die every day

    Sudan, Western governments are allowing more than 2000 hungry and sick Darfuris to die every single day ... adequate assistance to save their lives. Of the $195 million it needs for relief operations in Darfur this ... "influence and instruct them to cease their activities", allow the "voluntary return of IDPs", ...

14. Blog: The COVID-19 crisis in Europe

    Martin Landray, one of the lead researchers, at a briefing. Patients receiving hydroxychloroquine died at ... days in the hospital, 26 percent died on hydroxychloroquine, while 24 percent in the control group ... died, a statistically equal result. There was no evidence the drug shortened hospital stays or otherwise ...

15. NSW Coalition and Labor ram through anti-protest laws

    contrast to its foot-dragging approach to the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill currently before parliament. ...

16. NSW Greens MP challenges ‘in good faith’ discrimination

    toxic discussion around racism, equal marriage, safe schools, chaplaincy funding, voluntary assisted ... dying and abortion, PHON got what it wanted. The NSW government established a Joint Select Committee ...

17. Morrison gov’t pushes on religious discrimination bill

    proposed legislation has the potential to adversely impact all of us.  As with voluntary assisted ... dying, equal marriage, contraception and abortion rights  — all consistently supported by majorities —  ...

18. National Day of Shame

    voluntary euthanasia law, the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (ROTI). On September 22, 1996, terminally ill ... Darwin man Bob Dent became the first person in the world to receive a legal, lethal, voluntary injection. ... on the ROTI act, terminally ill people in Australia lost their ability to seek medical assistance to ...

19. Rules on refugee services criticised

    the Refugee Claimants Support Centre and Amnesty International, drew up recommendations for assisting ... that all people should have the access to jobs. The government is permitting refugees to die, not to ... voluntary work. He said he now had to beg for clothes and food. The seminar's 14 recommendations will ...

20. Cambodian activists attending Climate Change/Social Change conference

    grassroots movements, workers and women activists in Cambodia by providing technical assistance and advocacy ... assistance for social, economic and political change.  Sao Sopheap Sao Sopheap began working at Womyn’s ... when the WAC was phased out. In 2010, Sopheap worked as a technical assistant to support The Messenger ...

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