Online Article
May 30, 2018
Echontedaily Byron Bay, Chris Dobney
Jim*, a disabled pensioner living in the Tweed, was paid a surprise middle-of-the-night visit on Friday (May 25) by local police to inquire as to his ‘mental state’ and whether or not he had imported the euthanasia drug Nembutal. Jim told Echonetdaily two police shone torches through the windows of his duplex and banged on […]
May 28, 2018
‘Suicide tourism’ & understanding the Swiss model of the right to die
Samuel Blouin, The Conversation
Two weeks ago, the 104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall flew from his home in Western Australia to Switzerland to access assisted suicide with the help of lifecircle and Exit International, two right-to-die societies. Goodall was part of a broader but marginal phenomenon sometimes referred to as “suicide tourism.” This occurs when a person travels to […]
July 6, 2015
Court finds Philip Nitschke’s medical licence suspension unlawful
A decision to suspend euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke’s medical registration over his link to a suicide was unlawful, a court has ruled. In a decision that opens the door to Mr Nitschke renewing his registration to practice medicine in Australia, the Northern Territory Supreme Court on Monday ruled he had been unfairly treated. Philip Nitschke […]
