Episode 29 – SA Deputy Premier Kyam Maher reflects on the hard-fought push for VAD
Kyam Maher, South Australian Deputy Premier and Attorney-General, reveals how his mother's harrowing pancreatic cancer death drove him to introduce South Australia's successful 2020 voluntary assisted...
6 Sep 23min
Episode 28 – How the NT's New VAD Law Falls Short of 1995
Marshall Perron drafted the world's first voluntary assisted dying legislation in 1995 as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – decades before most nations even debated the issue, and years befor...
30 Aug 25min
Episode 27 – You Can't Always Cure, But You Can Always Heal
Voluntary assisted dying isn't just about end-of-life choice – it challenges medicine to rethink its purpose. Dr Clare Fellingham argues that while medicine cannot always cure, it can always heal by r...
23 Aug 37min
Episode 26 – Sandra’s journey to access VAD
This year, Sandra was diagnosed with the same aggressive lung cancer that took her father's life. Having spent thirteen years as an ambulance clinician and watched her father suffer through chemothera...
26 Juli 25min
Episode 25 – Nicole
The experience of voluntary assisted dying is shaped not only by legislation, but by access. Nicole’s family discovered that geography, travel requirements and gaps in healthcare services can create s...
28 Juni 22min
Episode 24 – Why We Need Better Conversations About Dying
Death is universal, yet modern society often treats it as something hidden, feared and rarely discussed. Cultural anthropologist and Buddhist scholar Dr Hannah Gould explores how religion, medicine, m...
14 Juni 42min
Episode 23 - The Rural Reality of Voluntary Assisted Dying with Dr Tim Leeuwenburg
Access to voluntary assisted dying can depend heavily on where a patient lives. Rural doctor Dr Tim Leeuwenburg sees this firsthand through his work on Kangaroo Island, where patients often face long ...
31 Maj 27min
Episode 22 - How the ACT Legalised Voluntary Assisted Dying
ACT Attorney-General Tara Cheyne reflects on the long and complex journey to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in the ACT, from the overturning of Northern Territory laws in 1997 to the restorat...
28 Apr 49min
