October 26, 2014
‘Is there anybody out there?’ asks Darwin man Martin Burgess
Daily Mail Australia by Lillian Radulova
A 71-year-old terminally ill Darwin man has died in what has been described as a ‘clear cut case of suicide’ after appealing for euthanasia drugs over social media. Martin Burgess had been suffering from rectal cancer, which soon spread through the rest of his body, for three years before he took to Youtube to describe […]
October 24, 2014
Vale – Martin Burgess
Former Voluntary Euthanasia Candidate for the Northern Territory, Martin Burgess, died at his home in Darwin on Thursday 23 October after a long battle with bowel cancer. It is expected that he died after drinking Nembutal that he obtained over the Internet after posting a plea on You Tube (see video below). Speaking to The […]
October 21, 2014
35 Year Old Comedian Mel Moon Joins Exit
STRICKEN mum-of-two Mel Moon is the youngest member of a right-to-die “suicide club” — at the age of 35. She has a rare immune system condition that could leave her dying in agony and admitted she has drawn up a plan to kill herself peacefully. She told The Sun: “I’d hope my children would understand […]
October 21, 2014
Vale Gough Whitlam
The photograph is iconic and it the result of many years of hard work and perseverance from people from all walks of life, including myself. The Gurindji went on strike, not for wages and rations but to get their land back, out of the hands of the wealthy British Lord Vestey. I went to Wave […]
October 6, 2014
British label Australia’s Dr Nitschke as ‘very dangerous’
By Paul Gallagher, The Morning Bulletin
The controversial Australian doctor who has opened a euthanasia clinic in the UK advising people on how to end their lives is encouraging people to visit his clinic “before they get too sick”. Dr Philip Nitschke said the arrival of his non-profit organisation Exit International, which held its inaugural event in London on Saturday, was […]
October 3, 2014
Cruel and Usual Punishment: Is There a Humane Alternative to Prison?
Prison time is a very severe punishment. John Stuart Mill likened it to being consigned to a living tomb. Any society that employs it should do so with care and restraint. Yet we do not. Partly because we think that prison is a humane punishment, it is drastically over-used in many countries, to the point […]
October 3, 2014
Call for prisoners with no release prospects to be given option of euthanasia
CHRIS UHLMANN: Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke has called for Australian prisoners, jailed with no prospect of release, to be given the option of euthanasia. It follows a decision in Belgium to allow a killer jailed for the rest of his life for horrific crimes to kill himself – assisted by doctors under Belgium’s controversial […]
October 3, 2014
Euthanasia campaigner Nitschke investigated over more deaths
Embattled euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke is being investigated by police in every Australian state over his possible role in nearly 20 deaths in the past three years, all of them apparently suicides. The latest investigation, by Victoria Police, concerns the death of a 55-year-old Geelong man who allegedly killed himself using a do-it-yourself kit […]