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The first Voluntary Euthanasia Societies in Australia were formed in New South Wales and Victoria in 1973, followed by a Society in Western Australia in 1980, South Australia in 1983, Queensland in 1987, Tasmania in 1992 and the Northern Territory in 1995.  The Voluntary Euthanasia Society of NSW has branches in the ACT and the Central Coast.

The moral case for legalising dying with dignity is based on three major principles:

85% of Australians are in favour of doctors being able to give a lethal dose of medication if requested by a hopelessly ill patient experiencing unrelievable suffering.

Introduction
The association "DIGNITAS - To live with dignity-to die with dignity" was founded on 17 May J 998 at Forch (Zurich), Switzerland. Dignitas is run by a lawyer, Ludwig Minelli, who says he set up the organisation because he believes that if someone is terminally ill, it is their human right to die when they choose.

Hippocrates, born about 460 BC, lived in an era when there were no medical
schools and no medical profession as we now know it.