The Coroners Court in Brisbane opened the inquest into the death of a man found dead at home by his adult daughter.
The Rights Forum described him as “idiosyncratic” and said that Van Agt and his wife were very ill,but “couldn’t live without each other”.
Victoria’s Health Department has said it will “not consider” expanding the scheme to people with dementia,or permit doctors to initiate conversations about voluntary assisted dying with terminally ill patients.
Victoria’s was the first voluntary assisted dying law in Australia,so compromises were made to get it through parliament. Six years later,it’s the most restrictive legislation in the world.
Doctors who give voluntary assisted dying information over the phone,email or telehealth are at risk of prosecution,after the Federal Court ruled that voluntary assisted dying is considered suicide under the Commonwealth criminal code.
In a win for compassion and commonsense,on Tuesday NSW will become the final state in Australia to allow voluntary assisted dying.
NSW will become the final state in Australia to allow voluntary assisted dying on Tuesday. NSW Health will begin taking applications via an online portal at 6am.
NSW residents with a terminal illness will be able to legally choose the timing of their death from next month.
As voluntary assisted dying edges closer and churches balance their legal obligations and religious objections,the Anglican Church wants its aged care homes to dissuade residents.
Lawyers for Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus say it is illegal to use a “carriage service” to facilitate suicide - even in state-regulated euthanasia schemes.
After years in the sun,and countless operations for cancer,the once-energetic and always joke-cracking builder became one of several Queenslanders to access voluntary euthanasia.