Newspaper Media
September 20, 2016
Assisted Suicide & Death that Divides the Davison Family
“I will be informing the police that you murdered our mother.” Sean Davison received the single-line email at 1pm on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 19 months after the funeral. He hadn’t seen his sister Mary since they had posed for a photograph together in front of the coffin, which they helped paint in the bright […]
September 9, 2016
Philip Nitschke returns to Australia
Philip Nitschke, who burned his medical licence rather than stop advising terminally ill patients on suicide, is touring Australia before a major conference on “rational suicide”. Dr Nitschke, who now lives in the Netherlands, will host the two-day conference at Victoria’s State Library in Melbourne later this month. The conference, titled ‘Voluntary Euthanasia to Rational […]
August 2, 2016
No charges to be laid after Max Bromson Death
Brad Crouch, Adelaide Advertiser
VOLUNTARY euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke will face no charges over the death of a terminally ill man who took his own life inside a Glenelg motel room two years ago. Max Bromson’s family also will not face charges following the two year investigation by police. The Bromson family now want their property seized by […]
July 19, 2016
Assisted dying could have allowed Exit Member Gaynor Grainger to say goodbye
Paralysed and ill, Roger Grainger took his own life. Terrified that his wife Gaynor might be implicated, he did it without telling her. Now she wants the law changed, so that no one else has to die without saying goodbye After Roger Grainger fell ill with suspected Parkinson’s disease in 2012, he began rapidly losing […]
July 7, 2016
Dr Death reveals human side on ‘blind date’ with artist Mirra Whale
Andrew Taylor, Sydney Morning Herald
Mirra Whale was not sure what to expect when she sat down to sketch the man known as Dr Death. “I had no idea,” she says. “It was like a blind date.” Artist Mirra Whale: “I’m not interested in painting someone because they’re famous. It’s what they stand up for.” Artist Mirra Whale: “I’m not […]
June 29, 2016
Dicing with Dr Death in Darwin – 5 August
Philip Nitschke’s highly successful one-man comedy show ‘Dicing with Dr Death – aka Practising without a License’ is coming to Darwin for one-night only on Friday 5 August. Where: Gallery Two Six, 6 Catterthun St, Winnellie When: 7pm for 7.30pm, Friday 5 August 2016 Cost: $15 at door, $10 concession, free for the over 80s […]