Tag: voluntary assisted dying

The New South Wales statutory review of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 is underway and submissions are being invited from the public ahead of the 27 February 2026 deadline.

Voluntary assisted dying is fast being normalised in Australia. A legislative review is a chance to slow it down and present a different perspective.

Euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths have increased a staggering 53 per cent over the past 12 months in NSW, with some regional parts of the state becoming euthanasia hotspots. One local government area now has 1 in 7 deaths occurring by lethal drugs.

Victoria’s bishops have urged Catholics in the state to write to their local members of parliament as the government moved to remove safeguards from its voluntary assisted dying legislation.

Australia’s first, safest, and most conservative voluntary assisted dying scheme is booming. In Victoria, demand has skyrocketed and the Labor government plans to loosen safeguards and make it easier for even more people to access services.

There has been so much outrage over the euthanasia death of convicted pedophile, Daniel Hume, who was seven years into a 30-year sentence for his crimes. But this was exactly how the euthanasia laws were set up to operate, writes Monica Doumit.

Melbourne Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has hit out at the Victorian Government after it announced major reforms to the state’s euthanasia and assisted suicide laws which would remove vital safeguards.

The Queensland coroner has just found that a Queensland nightclub requires more ID checks for entry than the state's euthanasia laws require for access to lethal drugs. The fatal flaws in the system have resulted in at least one wrongful death, writes Monica Doumit.

Is it possible for a terminally ill person to flourish? New research from the Australian Catholic University says yes—and with the right therapeutic interventions, there may be aspects of the good life that are uniquely meaningful as it draws to a close.

NSW is on track to become the euthanasia capital of the country, with a shocking 131 deaths in the first three months of operation, and an average of 18 people being prescribed lethal drugs each week.

The Australian Capital Territory has passed its voluntary assisted dying laws amid an ongoing push to widen access to the scheme to children, those from other states, and people with diminished responsibility.

National palliative care week provides an important opportunity to raise awareness about palliative care, in particular the top quality physical and spiritual care offered by Catholic providers all over Australia, writes Brigid Meney.