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Latest news: Euthanasia (also Includes Assisted Suicide)

'Simple fix': doctors plead to modernise assisted dying

'Simple fix': doctors plead to modernise assisted dying

A decades-old ban that has little to do with health care is hindering how the terminally ill end their lives in more ways than people realise, doctors say.

Crossbench to force Labor hand on telehealth euthanasia

Crossbench to force Labor hand on telehealth euthanasia

Crossbench to force Labor hand on telehealth euthanasia

Crossbench to force Labor hand on telehealth euthanasia

Labor will come under pressure to allow Australians to access voluntary assisted dying through telehealth as rival MPs try to force the government's hand.

Labor backs telehealth for voluntary assisted dying

Labor backs telehealth for voluntary assisted dying

Labor backs telehealth for voluntary assisted dying

Labor backs telehealth for voluntary assisted dying

Labor says legal barriers preventing telehealth use in voluntary assisted dying should be removed, as it also resolves to allow a conscience vote on the issue.

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Mixed response as territory pursues assisted dying laws

Mixed response as territory pursues assisted dying laws

A territory is set to become Australia's last jurisdiction to make voluntary assisted dying legal, more than two decades after the first attempt was overturned.

Bail for wife accused of killing terminally ill husband

Bail for wife accused of killing terminally ill husband

A woman who gave a lethal cocktail of medication to her husband who was dying from motor neurone disease has been granted bail after being charged with murder.

'Clinical altruism' at play in assisted dying services

'Clinical altruism' at play in assisted dying services

A survey of voluntary assisted dying doctors has found almost two‑thirds believe remuneration for their critical and sensitive services is inadequate.

Assisted dying laws to be tabled in territory mid-year

Assisted dying laws to be tabled in territory mid-year

Three decades after assisted dying laws were first passed in Australia, then overturned, a hold-out jurisdiction is preparing new legislation to allow it again.

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Man charged over second illegal euthanasia death

Man charged over second illegal euthanasia death

Man charged over second illegal euthanasia death

Man charged over second illegal euthanasia death

A man charged over an illegal euthanasia operation faces a string of new allegations, including the death of a second man.

'Blame game': voluntary assisted dying laws row erupts

'Blame game': voluntary assisted dying laws row erupts

'Blame game': voluntary assisted dying laws row erupts

'Blame game': voluntary assisted dying laws row erupts

Competing bills to allow voluntary assisted dying in Australia's only jurisdiction banning it have prompted political sniping and a call for bipartisanship.

Dying on 'own terms' to get easier in law refresh

Dying on 'own terms' to get easier in law refresh

Dying on 'own terms' to get easier in law refresh

Dying on 'own terms' to get easier in law refresh

Barriers to terminally ill patients accessing assisting dying are poised to be pulled down under a law shake-up, honouring the last wishes of a young man.

Octogenerian in court accused of dealing 'whale drugs'

Octogenerian in court accused of dealing 'whale drugs'

Octogenerian in court accused of dealing 'whale drugs'

Octogenerian in court accused of dealing 'whale drugs'

An elderly man accused of trafficking animal euthanasia drugs for use in people's deaths has yet to see any evidence against him, his solicitor says.

Assisted deaths probe: charity accused kept behind bars

Assisted deaths probe: charity accused kept behind bars

Assisted deaths probe: charity accused kept behind bars

Assisted deaths probe: charity accused kept behind bars

A business owner is accused of taking money in exchange for giving animal euthanasia drugs to a 43-year-old former chef who was paralysed from a car crash.

Bid for law change after sex offender's voluntary death

Bid for law change after sex offender's voluntary death

Bid for law change after sex offender's voluntary death

Bid for law change after sex offender's voluntary death

A dead sex offender's victim has mounted a campaign to stop other prisoners accessing voluntary assisted dying, saying inmates are "taking the easy way out".

British MPs vote in favour or legalising assisted dying

British MPs vote in favour or legalising assisted dying

British MPs vote in favour or legalising assisted dying

British MPs vote in favour or legalising assisted dying

MPs have voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people, a move that would be Britain's biggest social reform in decades.

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Doctors make voluntary assisted dying plea for election

Australia's peak doctors body is calling for the next federal government to change laws so voluntary assisted dying services can be provided by telehealth.

State euthanasia changes to hinge on conscience vote

Victoria is moving to change its voluntary euthanasia laws after falling behind other states and erecting too many barriers for terminally ill patients.

Eight deaths after voluntary assisted dying refusals

A coroner has called for improvements to voluntary assisted dying selection criteria, finding eight people took their own lives after being refused access.

UK MPs give initial support to assisted dying bill

A bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has passed in parliament, setting up months of further debate on the issue.

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Renewed push for 'cruel, wasteful' dying law shakeup

Terminally ill Australians face 'cruel' restrictions on peacefully ending their lives according to Andrew Denton, as 'gag laws' come under scrutiny.

'Tragic flaws' in Qld assisted dying law, coroner finds

A coroner has found serious flaws around Queensland's voluntary assisted dying safeguards led to a man having access to fatal drugs meant for someone else.

Demand for assisted dying grows, but barriers remain

A growing number of terminally ill Australians are choosing voluntary assisted dying, but legal hurdles have made access difficult.

Two days after jail sentence, Bicycle Bandit ends life

A terminally ill bank robber known as the Bicycle Bandit has legally ended his life using voluntary euthanasia, days after he was sentenced to decades in jail.

ACT passes voluntary assisted dying laws

The ACT has become one of the last jurisdictions to pass voluntary assisted dying laws two years after a federal ban on legislating on the issue was overturned.

Man took assisted dying drugs meant for someone else

A woman has told an inquest how she left her father's home to run errands and returned to find him dead from assisted dying drugs prescribed to another person.

Australia's Dr Death fights for condemned killer in US

Australia's Dr Death has taken the stand in defence of a condemned man, warning US officials who botched his first execution could be about to do it again

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