March 14, 2023
Exit International Public Meeting to be held in Darwin
Exit International Public Meeting to be held in Darwin
Exit International will be hosting a free public meeting in Darwin to discuss the need for a new Voluntary Euthanasia/ Assisted Dying law for the Northern Territory.
The Meeting will be held at the rooms of COTA – the Council on the Aged.
Venue: COTA, Spillett House, 65 Smith Street, Darwin NT 0800
Date: 6pm, Thursday 30 March 2023
An Open Letter to the Politicians of the NT Parliament will be available for signing at the meeting
Special Guest Speakers: Naomi Oliver – Exit Member, Daryl Manzie – Former NT Attorney General & MP, Philip Nitschke, Founder of Exit International.
No registration required.
The meeting will be hosted by Exit International.
In 1996, Dr Nitschke became the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection under Marshall Perron’s Rights of the Terminally Ill Act.
The Deliverance Machine, Darwin 1996
Four patients used the Deliverance Machine to self-administer a lethal dose of Nembutal.
The Deliverance Machine is now on display in the British Science Museum in London.
Exit International Public Meeting to be held in Darwin – Background
On 1 January 2023, Philip Nitschke wrote to the NT Attorney General Chansey Paech requesting a meeting in order to discuss a new end of life law for the Northern Territory.
His request was neither acknowledged nor declined.
With the ACT moving ahead with wanting to legislate for end of life laws, the Northern Territory is left stranded.
The Government is talking about a renewed community consultation after the next Territory election.
Whereas the NT once led the world with their ground-breaking Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, the NT is now the laggard.
This public meeting hopes to provide impetus to government decision-making on end of life laws for Territorians.
Inquiries: 0407 189 339 or 1300 10 3948