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Since 1974, Dying With Dignity Victoria has advocated for voluntary assisted dying laws in the state of Victoria, Australia. In 2017, we have a very real opportunity for the Victorian Government to pass laws that give people who are suffering at the end of their life choice and control over the timing of their death. This podcast explores all of the major aspects of the law, and reports on the progress and developments as we move towards legislation being voted on in the Parliament.
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The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has been passed by the Victorian Parliament. In this final episode of the DWD Podcast, we recap the outcome, and take a look at the effect this success will have on other states around Australia.We speak to Dr Rodney Syme and DWDV president Lesley Vick, to get their thoughts on the historic passing of Victoria's as…
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This week the Victorian Parliament will resume debate on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill. With a final vote on the legislation imminent, we spoke to Associate Professor, Liz Dzeng, who provides great insight into the considerations for implementing an assisted dying law.Roy Morgan Research survey: http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/7373-large-majo…
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The Upper House of parliament voted the VAD Bill through to the next stage of debate. This week, we recap the debate in Parliament, and take a look at what to expect when debate resumes on November 14.Channel 9 News report: https://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/11/03/15/23/assisted-dying-laws-upper-houseHansard Speeches: https://www.parliament.vic…
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Debate on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill begins in the Upper House of the Victorian Parliament this week. As a committee member for the Inquiry into End of Life Choices, Fiona Patten MP has some great insights into the VAD Bill and the need for safe and compassionate end of life choices. In this episode, Fiona lets us know what to expect in Parl…
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The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was successfully voted through the Lower House of the Victorian Parliament. In this episode we wrap up all of last week's debate, and provide info about what comes next in the push to secure a VAD law in Victoria.RACGP statement of support: https://www.racgp.org.au/yourracgp/news/media-releases/racgp-welcomes-moves…
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Julian Gardner served on the Ministerial Advisory Panel that conducted private and public consultations in 2017 before developing the model for Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying law.We sat down with Julian to get his insight into Voluntary Assisted Dying and the legal sector.Brian Owler National Press Club address: http://www.abc.net.au/news/prog…
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Since appearing in a DWDV campaign video earlier this year, Harry Gardner has been busy visiting as many Victorian MPs as he can to voice his support for Voluntary Assisted Dying. Despite suffering from terminal prostate cancer, Harry has relished the chance to engage with MPs and hopefully convince them to legalise assisted dying for people like h…
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With Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation tabled in the Victorian Parliament, we caught up with DWDV President Lesley Vick, to get her thoughts on the proposed law, and how things have progressed since the Northern Territory law operated in 1997.Jenny Moncur article in The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/assisted-dying-he-was-jennys-most-imp…
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Nurses are at the frontline of our health care and they play a very important roll in people's end of life care. In this episode we sit down with Nurse and Assisted Dying advocate, Tara Nipe to get her insights into end of life suffering and the need for Voluntary Assisted Dying laws.ABC 774 interview with Jill Hennessy: http://www.abc.net.au/radio…
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Fade to Black is a film that chronicles the efforts of terminally ill man, Peter Short, to bring awareness to the need for Voluntary Assisted Dying laws in Australia. In this week's episode we chat with Peter's wife, Elizabeth, to get her thoughts on the film and find out what responses she has received from the people who have seen the documentary…
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In this weeks episode we chat to Denise Allen, a former Victorian Member of Parliament who has an impressive career as a disability advocate.Dr Nick Carr article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/gps-best-placed-to-make-life-and-death-decisions-nick-carr/news-story/2e5bdd6249a964706c87541735e941a4…
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