Tag: voluntary assisted dying

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It will be easier to allow VAD for people in remote areas than to provide them with adequate medical care. 

A push to lift the Commonwealth ban preventing voluntary assisted dying (VAD) consultations via telehealth has been promoted as a way of improving access for patients in rural and regional Australia.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher has accused the ABC of breaching its own impartiality standards through what he describes as one-sided coverage of proposals to expand voluntary assisted dying (VAD) access via telehealth.

The Northern Territory is expected to legalise voluntary assisted dying within weeks as Labor also moves to expand access through telehealth consultations.

Families caring for loved ones with dementia deserve better support, but extending voluntary assisted dying through advance directives would create profound ethical and legal risks.

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.