Dying with Dignity ACT established a witness program in December 2025. The service provides witnesses for the written second request being signed by the person approved for voluntary assisted dying (VAD). The written request must be witnessed by two eligible persons and there are often cases where a person approved for VAD does not have anyone to act as a witness to their signature.
Click here for the youtube video of Andrew Denton, Jane Morris and Jane Simpson discussing Motor Neurone Disease in the context of the limitations of voluntary assisted dying law
DWDACT Inc. made a submission to the recent public enquiry by the ACT Government calling for ACT citizens to provide their views to it prior to the Legislative Assembly making laws regarding this matter. Our submission was drafted using the YourSay terms of reference and also responds to the questions asked in the discussion paper provided as a basis for responses.
The DWDACT Inc. submission also adds data from the ABS about deaths in the ACT and encourages the ACT Legislative Assembly to draft legislation that is consistent with the ACT Human Rights Act.
