News Updates

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...

On Wednesday 23 February 2022, Labor’s Adam Searle delivered a powerful, opening Second Reading speech to commence debate of the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill 2021 in the Legislative Council. The VAD Bill has already passed...

Dying with Dignity NSW has welcomed the Report of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice for the Inquiry into the Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 that was tabled in NSW Parliament on...

Our Summer 2021/2022 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments from across Australia and around the world. Despite the COVID pandemic delaying debate of the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Bill in...

Our Summer 2020/21 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments from across Australia and around the world. It has been an eventful and exciting few months for the dying with dignity...