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Students of Buddhism are often asked to meditate on their own death; to imagine their last breath as their body succumbs to its inevitable end. I tried this while flirting with the faith in the Himalayas. I imagined a wrinkled, shrunken, incredibly old version of myself propped up in a…
Dear Mum,I’m so sorry I didn’t kill you.I came close, believe me.The pillow was millimetres from your mouth.But I just couldn’t do it.How could I take life from the one who gave it to me?Read Tracey Spicer’s story » …
A report we recently prepared with independent think tank Australia21 calls for state governments to institute laws allowing and regulating voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide – in defined and limited circumstances. In the report, we confront the idea that such laws pose risks to vulnerable people, such as the elderly…
Politicians must put aside their squeamishness about death and catch up to public sentiment by legislating for voluntary euthanasia, a group of health policy experts says. A new report from think tank Australia21 urges state governments to develop legislation that allows voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide in clearly defined and…
By her own account, Beverley Broadbent had lived a wonderful, fulfilling life. But she decided she’d had enough and it was time to go. Beverley Broadbent had observed many deaths before she planned her own. When she was just six years old, her mother died of heart failure at 36,…
Dying with Dignity’s ACT President (Jeanne Arthur) and Publicity Officer (Alisa Turrell) on “An Ethical Life”, 2XX Community Radio, Canberra on 13 April 2013 discussing issues around euthanasia law in Australia . Click to listen to the interview…
