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March 27, 2016
Dr Death comedy show labelled ‘despicable’, ‘sick’ & ‘dangerous’
RIGHT to Life Australia has slammed as sick and dangerous a Melbourne International Comedy Festival show from controversial Territory-based euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke. The deregistered doctor’s show, Dicing with Dr Death, is part of the festival’s official program and broadcaster Derryn Hinch is on board to demonstrate Nitschke’s “destiny” suicide machine using non-lethal gas. Right […]
February 2, 2016
Families Smuggling Lethal Drugs into Hospitals so Loved Ones can Die
Three people smuggled lethal drugs into Australian hospitals last year so their loved ones could secretly take their own lives, euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke claims. The head of Exit International said the three patients were elderly and had serious illnesses when they took a lethal drug in their hospital beds, while being cared for at […]
February 1, 2016
Readers Respond in their Thousands to “The Big Sleep” & the Reality of Ageing
When my article about Peter and Pat Shaw, the husband and wife who took their own lives, went up on Fairfax websites at noon last Friday, I didn’t know what to expect. Would our readers click on a story about an elderly couple’s suicide pact? Or was it too much for a sunny afternoon […]
January 16, 2016
The Big Sleep: the Rational Suicide of Melbourne Scientists Pat & Peter Shaw
Sydney Morning Herald by Julia Medew
Scientists Pat and Peter Shaw died in a suicide pact in October. Here, their daughters reflect on their parents’ plan – and their remarkable lives. For as long as the blue-eyed Shaw sisters can remember, they knew that their parents planned to one day take their own lives. It was often a topic of conversation. […]
November 27, 2015
Euthanasia Campaigner Philip Nitschke Sets Medical License Alight
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke has set fire to his medical practising certificate, and vowed to continue to advise terminally ill patients about how to take their own lives. The Medical Board of Australia had set out 25 conditions for the prominent campaigner to comply with if he wanted to remain a practising doctor. They included […]
November 1, 2015
Silencing Philip Nitschke won’t stop need for death with dignity
Terry Sweetman, The Courier-Mail
Silencing euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke won’t stop need for death with dignity EVEN before attending a Dying With Dignity meeting, I understood the inevitability of the former and the uncertainty of the latter. People might face death bravely, stoically or even cavalierly, but they never beat it. And, I have seen little that suggests much […]
October 26, 2015
Nitschke may give up Medical Registration
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke may consider giving up his medical registration after being forced to agree with a “gun to his head” to stop providing suicide and euthanasia advice. The Medical Board of Australia on Monday imposed 25 strict conditions on Dr Nitschke in a mediated settlement that will require he practise only in the […]
October 26, 2015
Ex-NT Chief Minister slams euthanasia advocate restrictions
Bill Hoffman, Sunshine Coast Daily
THE FORMER senior politician who introduced Australia’s first voluntary euthanasia laws has described Medical Board of Australia conditions of registration imposed on Exit International head Dr Phillip Nitschke as like something out of North Korea. Dr Nitschke has accepted 25 conditions on his ability to practice in a mediated settlement that concludes longstanding legal and […]
September 11, 2015
Will California say ‘Yes’ to aid in dying bill?
SACRAMENTO — In a landmark victory for supporters of assisted suicide, the California State Legislature on Friday gave its final approval to a bill that would allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives. Four states — Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont — already allow physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to some patients. […]
July 30, 2015
Jay Franklin is pleading for help to end his life peacefully
In 2012, after nearly 100 operations and suffering ongoing chronic pain and depression from 35 years of living with a congenital bowel disease, Jay Franklin decided he would seek to end his life Jay Franklin has a ticket to die. Two years ago, the 37-year-old became one of the few Australians to be accepted at […]