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In this article from ABC News, Aurora Stergiou shares the story about watching her husband slowly waste away to “a pitiful death”. She is advocating for a change to the Voluntary Assisted Dying law...

This editorial in The Age newspaper on 13 June includes a call for the government to consider the issue of dementia, among others, when it conducts its upcoming review of Victoria’s VAD laws. As...

In late 2022, Dying With Dignity Victoria (DWDV) invited contacts via email, its website and social media to complete a survey of their experience with – or understanding of – voluntary assisted dying. Interestingly,...

This week, 20-26 March, is National Advance Care Planning Week – an ideal time to complete or update your paperwork! You can download forms and accompanying guideline documents from our website here to complete...

Voluntary Assisted Dying finally became a legal end-of-life option, for those deemed eligible, on January 31st. An enormous relief for South Australians suffering from a terminal illness. Well done to those who worked so...

“Administering voluntary assisted dying is different from academically debating it – two doctors tell us why.” This episode of The Medical Republic’s Tea Room podcast interviews two doctors involved with VAD. The first is...

There was great interest when we last discussed the health benefits that we can derive from nature connection. Just a simple connection with nature brings us into the present moment and we become more...

On January 1, 2023, Voluntary Assisted Dying became operational in Queensland. The Queensland parliament voted to legalise voluntary assisted dying in September 2021 after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk took the policy to the 2020 election....