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I’m 86 – this bill to restrict voluntary assisted dying is cruel and callous

Susan Carter’s bill to allow NSW aged care providers to restrict or deny access to voluntary assisted dying is discrimination at its very worst.

  • Jill Nash

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NSW Senior Australian of the Year Dr John Ward says there should be no obstacles to voluntary assisted dying.

‘Cruel beyond belief’: The legislative push upsetting expert doctor

A dozen NSW upper house MPs are behind a move to change voluntary assisted dying laws. They face a High Court challenge if they proceed.

  • Alexandra Smith
Uniting NSW.ACT, which operates aged care homes across the state, says it would never block access to voluntary assisted dying.

‘We are the party of choice’: Liberals divided on voluntary assisted dying changes

NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman says faith-based aged care homes should be able to decline voluntary assisted dying on site.

  • Alexandra Smith and Anthony Segaert
A dozen NSW MPs are pushing to change the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws.

‘Pits dying people against right-wing religious views’: The push to change NSW’s euthanasia laws

NSW was the last state to pass laws to allow terminally ill people to choose the timing of their death. Now 12 MPs are seeking changes for aged care homes.

  • Alexandra Smith
After a marathon 29-hour sitting to pass euthanasia laws in 2017, Fiona Patten stands on the seats to hug Labor’s Harriet Shing.

Debate over assisted dying reforms reopens old Labor wounds

Labor and the Coalition have granted MPs a conscience vote on the bill, and parliamentarians are bracing for a marathon debate.

  • Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
Ian George Taylor arrives at Southport Magistrates Court on Friday.

Man, 80, faces court accused of supplying ‘whale drugs’

An 80-year-old man accused of links to an illegal assisted dying business has sought to view police evidence alleging he trafficked whale euthanasia drugs alongside his son.

  • Rex Martinich
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Brett Daniel Taylor has been accused of running an illegal euthanasia ring, with support from Elaine Arch-Rowe.

The question at the heart of an illegal euthanasia scheme is one Queensland can’t answer

When news broke that three Gold Coast residents had been charged with running a backyard euthanasia operation, fresh concerns were raised around who gets to access Queensland’s voluntary assisted dying laws – and who doesn’t.

  • Courtney Kruk
Brett Daniel Taylor, 53, is accused of running an end-of-life business.

Case of man accused of being behind whale drug euthanasia ring back in court

Brett Daniel Taylor, 53, is one of three people who have been charged following a police investigation into the alleged assisted suicide of a Gold Coast man, identified as David Llewellyn Bedford.

  • Cloe Read
Elaine Arch-Rowe, who’s accused of attempting to aid suicide has been released on bail.

81-year-old woman faces court over euthanasia ring

The elderly woman is one of three people accused of supporting a dodgy euthanasia service.

  • Rex Martinich
Janet Williamson died in May this year following months of agonising pain and an almost three-week delay for a specialist doctor appointment in Trafalgar.

Janet suffered for months waiting for assisted dying. A doctor shortage in the regions prolonged her pain

Terminally ill people living in rural and regional Victoria are dying before they can be approved for the medication they need to end their lives, families say.

  • Melissa Cunningham

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