Newspaper Media
August 2, 2016
No charges to be laid after Max Bromson Death
Brad Crouch, Adelaide Advertiser
VOLUNTARY euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke will face no charges over the death of a terminally ill man who took his own life inside a Glenelg motel room two years ago. Max Bromson’s family also will not face charges following the two year investigation by police. The Bromson family now want their property seized by […]
July 19, 2016
Assisted dying could have allowed Exit Member Gaynor Grainger to say goodbye
Paralysed and ill, Roger Grainger took his own life. Terrified that his wife Gaynor might be implicated, he did it without telling her. Now she wants the law changed, so that no one else has to die without saying goodbye After Roger Grainger fell ill with suspected Parkinson’s disease in 2012, he began rapidly losing […]
July 7, 2016
Dr Death reveals human side on ‘blind date’ with artist Mirra Whale
Andrew Taylor, Sydney Morning Herald
Mirra Whale was not sure what to expect when she sat down to sketch the man known as Dr Death. “I had no idea,” she says. “It was like a blind date.” Artist Mirra Whale: “I’m not interested in painting someone because they’re famous. It’s what they stand up for.” Artist Mirra Whale: “I’m not […]
June 29, 2016
Dicing with Dr Death
Dicing with Dr Death – What the Critics say Melbourne Comedy Festival Jim Schrembi, Herald Sun The Athenaeum Theatre (one show only) ALAS, in the end, there was no rioting. There were no walkouts or vicious heckles, no arrests or protests. Nobody stormed the stage or threw red paint. Despite the big head of controversial […]
May 19, 2016
Dutch doctors allow 20-something, sex abuse victim euthanasia
WHEN we think about euthanasia, many of us picture an elderly person. They’ve had many good years, but an illness has ruined their quality of life. They’re in pain, and they want to end things on their own terms. For many people, this is an easy concept to accept. But a recent case in the […]
April 22, 2016
Exit Life Member Emeritus Professor Avril Henry Suicides at 81
Daily Mail UK, Martin Robinson (Chief Reporter)
Campaigner: Dr Avril Henry, 82, an advocate of assisted suicide, has been found dead days after a police raid sparked by an Interpol alert that she had imported euthanasia drugs from Mexico An 82-year-old professor has died days after police kicked down her door when Interpol traced assisted suicide drugs to her Devon cottage from Mexico. […]