News Updates

On Thursday 21 October a group of volunteers from Dying with Dignity NSW planted over 3,000 hearts on the lawns behind NSW Parliament. It was done in anticipation of debate on the Voluntary Assisted...

Dying with Dignity NSW was disappointed when the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill in NSW was referred to an Upper House Inquiry which will not report back until February next year. Dying with Dignity NSW President...

Dying with Dignity NSW welcomed the introduction of the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill into NSW Parliament on Thursday 14 October 2021. President of Dying with Dignity NSW Penny Hackett said, “This is a...

A petition signed by over 100,000 people calling on Members of NSW Parliament to work collaboratively on voluntary assisted dying legislation was presented to Alex Greenwich MP and some of the record number of...

On Thursday 16 September 2021, Queensland became the fifth Australian state to pass voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation and the third this year. Victoria’s scheme has been operating for more than two years and...

Send your message to Members of the NSW Parliament in our Field of Hearts. Our plans for a big rally outside NSW Parliament have been wiped out by the COVID restrictions, but we decided...

This week Alex Greenwich, the independent Member for Sydney, has honoured a commitment made earlier this year by releasing his draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, allowing for a period of consultation with his...

On Thursday 24 June 2021, South Australia became the fourth Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying – and the second this year. South Australia’s House of Assembly approved final amendments and ratified the...

In the early hours of Thursday 10 June, South Australia’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passed in the Lower House 33 votes to 11. This means that South Australia is on the verge of becoming...

In order to ascertain the views on voluntary assisted dying law reform of all the candidates contesting the Upper Hunter by-election, Dying with Dignity NSW emailed each candidate and asked the following two questions...

South Australia is one step closer to becoming the fourth Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) after the state’s Upper House passed the legislation 14 votes to 7. The final vote didn’t...

Our Autumn 2021 Newsletter aims to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest developments from across Australia and around the world. It’s been a long time coming but NSW Parliament looks set to debate a...

On Thursday 18 March, Spain became the latest European country to pass voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws to allow adults with ‘serious and incurable’ diseases that cause ‘unbearable suffering’ to choose to end their...

Tasmania was certain to become the third state to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) after an overwhelming majority of the state’s House of Assembly passed Mike Gaffney’s End of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill...

DWD supporters held an on-the-ground campaign blitz across Newcastle on Saturday 30 January 2021 to show MPs just how much community support there is for voluntary assisted dying laws. The Newcastle campaign blitz, organised...