Tag: voluntary assisted dying

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.

A parliamentary inquiry into the ACT's proposed voluntary assisted dying laws has been criticised for a “serious omission” in making no recommendations for conscientious objection provisions in its majority report.

Liberal MLC Susan Carter is urging people to petition for the restoration of palliative care funding to the levels promised by the former Coalition government

Numbers expected to increase in South Australia, as ACT prepares to introduce nation's most extreme voluntary assisted dying scheme

By year’s end each state and territory, with exception of the Northern Territory, will have enacted legislation to enable euthanasia.

A Federal Court judge has ruled that euthanasia by telehealth is illegal, a decision welcomed by Bishop Timothy Harris of Townsville

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: As euthanasia comes into effect in NSW, I call on lawmakers to give us legal space to provide compassionate care