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Dying with Dignity ACT is a non-profit organisation of volunteers committed to law reform to enable ACT citizens to have assistance to die.
The Law in Canberra
Do you know the law in Canberra and the ACT around dying with dignity?
An Elective Death
An alternative to the callous way we die today is an elective death.
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Latest News
The Future for DWDACT – AGM 21 Presentation
This speech weaves three strands of my experiences in the Dying with Dignity movement; the personal, political and intellectual.
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President’s response to Minister Tara Cheyne MLA’s Press release
The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory are again calling on the Federal Government to restore the rights of our jurisdictions to legislate on the issue of voluntary assisted dying.
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Sign the Petition – Rights of Australians living in the territories
A petition to Federal Parliament to prepare a referendum to change the wording of Section 122 of the Constitution to enable Australian Territory's to make their own laws on the same basis as an Australian State.
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