News Updates

As of the 1st January 2023, terminally ill Queenslanders can now access voluntary assisted dying (VAD) if they meet the eligibility criteria and follow the highly-safeguarded process. The Queensland Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying...

After a 25-year-old ban was lifted, the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, can now consider the legalisation of voluntary assisted dying with the passage of a landmark bill. The Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 passed...

Over four days in early November, Dying With Dignity Canada hosted the World Federation of Right to Die Societies International Conference 2022 in Toronto, Canada. This biennial event, brought international delegates and local attendees together, providing an opportunity for networking, education...

Our Spring 2022 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments in New South Wales as well as news from across Australia and around the world. By now, you will be aware...

There are many forces that differentiate us in the world: politics, religion, beliefs, to name only a few. One thing that unites us is the desire to die with dignity. Asunción Alvarez, president of the World Federation of Right to...

On Sunday 23 October 2022, the Tasmanian voluntary assisted dying law that passed in March last year came into effect. Dying With Dignity Tasmania’s president Hilde Nilsson said advocates had been campaigning for voluntary...

On Wednesday 31 August 2022, three months after NSW passed its Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) law, Dying with Dignity NSW held a webinar for members and supporters. Over two hundred supporters took part in...

A very generous DWD supporter has produced a unique cookbook to honour her Nana Corrie while raising funds for Dying with Dignity NSW. Tanya Lee launched the Death by Corrie Cookbook last month. The Death By...

Just after midday on Thursday 19th May 2022, after decades of campaigning, NSW became the last state in Australia to pass laws allowing terminally ill people the right to voluntarily end their own life,...

It was a huge relief to see the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill pass its third reading in the Upper House 23 votes to 15 on Thursday 19 May 2022. A handful of amendments were...

A major alliance of unions, peak groups and campaign advocates are calling for the NSW Upper House to work together to shut down hostile amendments and to pass the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill...

Dying with Dignity NSW and its supporters were thrilled when the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passed the Second Reading vote in the Upper House, by a margin of 20-17 votes on Thursday 11 May....

Our Autumn 2022 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments in New South Wales as well as news from across Australia and around the world. We are now on the cusp...

A majority of NSW Upper House members have spoken in favour of the VAD Bill bringing hope to thousands of supporters This week, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 was allocated four hours of...

Opponents of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws in NSW have started a parliamentary e-petition asking MPs to try to block the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill when it is debated in the Upper House in...