Newspaper Media
February 24, 2018
Susan Austen trial verdict: not guilty of aiding suicide
The Dominion Post, Court Reporter
At the High Court in Wellington yesterday, Austen’s supporters gave a collective gasp of relief as she was found not guilty of aiding Treadwell’s suicide. Austen herself later said she had been in awe when she heard the verdict. READ MORE: * Annemarie Treadwell’s plea * Jury told to put aside views on assisted dying * […]
February 24, 2018
Susan Austen not guilty of assisting suicide
Wellington woman Susan Austen has been found not guilty of assisting suicide. A jury has just delivered the verdict at the High Court in Wellington where she’s been standing trial over the past two weeks. She has also been found not guilty on a representative charge of importing the Class C drug pentobarbitone. However she […]
February 21, 2018
Checkpoint after Exit meeting to check elderly attendees were okay, court told
The Dominion Post, Court Reporter
Police set up a checkpoint to identify people leaving a pro-euthanasia group meeting to make sure they were okay, a jury has been told. A police officer’s evidence about the checkpoint was greeted with laughter from the public gallery at the High Court trial in Wellington of Susan Dale Austen, 67, who is charged with aiding […]
February 17, 2018
Susan Austen trial: Police bugs recorded Exit meeting at suspect’s home
Police audio bugs recorded a meeting of the Wellington branch of pro-euthanasia group Exit International, a jury has heard. Police had a High Court judge’s permission to bug the phone calls and home of branch chairwoman, Susan Austen. Austen had emphasised confidentiality as the October 2, 2016, meeting had begun. Austen, 67, has pleaded not guilty to […]
February 4, 2018
Last Exit to Lismore: People planning Death over Retirement
Marea Donnelly, The Daily Telegraph
After playing “executioner” in Darwin 20 years ago, euthanasia advocate and Exit International founder Philip Nitschke dreams of the day when pensioners can store a death dose of barbiturates alongside their blood pressure medication. This afternoon up to 300 Baby Boomers will join Nitschke at Lismore Workers Club to learn what Australian laws they have […]
January 20, 2018
Euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke to visit Bundaberg
Bundaberg News Mail, Joe Castro
RIGHT TO DIE: Exit International spokesman Dr Phillip Nitschke will travel to Bundaberg next month for a public meeting and members’ workshop. IT WILL be almost six years to the day next month since Dr Philip Nitschke first visited Bundaberg and his message remains the same. The voluntary euthanasia advocate has chosen Bundaberg as one […]
January 16, 2018
Euthanasia workshop in Lismore with ‘Dr Death’
Javier Encalada, The Northern Star, Lismore
EUTHANASIA advocate Dr Philip Nitschke will be offering an Exit workshop in Lismore next month, the first of five events organised in Australia. Dr Philip Nitschke is an Australian author, and the founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He said he believed the right to die should be recognised as a fundamental […]
December 20, 2017
Living with the dying law: euthanasia tensions linger
The Australian, Samantha Hutchinson
Cath Ringwood is angry. The 67-year-old former palliative care nurse is racked with pain from her arthritic knees and fed up trialling invasive treatments for her chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. It has been a long 20 years of serious illness for the euthanasia supporter, but the past 18 months have been tougher than most. Late last […]
November 23, 2017
Nitschke says Victorian euthanasia bill ‘unworkable’
Philip Nitschke has described the Victorian government’s voluntary assisted dying bill as the “world’s most unworkable end-of-life law” as he warned the legislation would not satisfy all those seeking assisted suicide. The country’s leading proponent for assisted dying and head of Exit International congratulated the Victorian government for passing the bill through the upper house, […]
November 1, 2017
Euthanasia in a Rollercoaster or ‘Sarco’ – Latest Ideas Presented Livestream
Sander van Walsum, De Volkskrant
An annual gathering for the self-deliverance euthanasia industry The Exit NuTech Conference has been held in Toronto, Canada. Interested participants of the right to die movement gathered here last weekend to be informed about the latest techniques that allow this right to be exercised in a humane manner. An innovative livestream made it possible for […]