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March 8, 2015

Sudden death of lawyer threatens to derail Philip Nitschke’s resurrection

John Elder, The Sunday Age

Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke’s campaign to win back his registration to practise medicine is in disarray following the sudden death of his pro bono counsel and fellow activist Peter Nugent. In an email to Fairfax Media, Mr Nitschke said that Mr Nugent had been suffering stage four cancer, and  “was well prepared, and had options […]

March 5, 2015

RIP – Peter Nugent

Julie-Anne Davies, The Sunday Age

Exit’s brilliant barrister, Mr Peter Nugent, died at his home in Melbourne on Saturday 1 March 2015. His funeral will be held week commencing 9 March in Melbourne. Details will be published in The Age newspaper on Saturday 7 March. Exit sends our love and thoughts to his family: Bridgit, Caillin and Deb. Words cannot […]

January 21, 2015

Nitschke Target of Identity Theft

Flynn Murphy, The Medical Observer

EUTHANASIA advocate Dr Philip Nitschke has fallen victim to a Nembutal scam that he says makes him look like an “international criminal”. The organisation Dr Nitschke founded, Exit International, this week issued a scam alert for a Facebook page called ‘Buy Nembutal Pentobarbital’, which uses the prominent advocate’s image, and claims to ship Nembutal in […]

January 12, 2015

Former Whitlam AG Kep Enderby Dies at 88

Sydney Morning Herald

KEP ENDERBY 1926-2015 Kep Enderby, QC, barrister, civil libertarian, politician and judge, is best known for his role as federal Attorney-General in 1975, advising the prime minister Gough Whitlam at the time of the Dismissal. After succeeding Lionel Murphy as Attorney-General in early 1975, Enderby was in the vortex of giving advice on the constitutional […]

January 12, 2015

Nitschke Fight Steps Up to Lift Medical Ban

Brad Crouch, The Adelaide Advertiser

Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke will appeal to the Supreme Court after the Medical Tribunal of the Northern Territory dismissed his appeal against suspension of his registration. Dr Nitschke said he was disappointed but not surprised by the tribunal’s decision. In July the Medical Board of South Australia used its emergency powers to immediately suspend Dr […]

January 11, 2015

Philip Nitschke Heads to Supreme Court

Helen Davidson, The Guardian

The voluntary euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke will take the Australian medical tribunal to the supreme court after it upheld the suspension of his medical licence. The move comes after the suicide of a depressed but otherwise healthy man with whom Nitschke had been corresponding. In findings made shortly before Christmas, the Northern Territory health professional […]