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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 […]