The Latest Breaking News from Linda Swan

'Simple fix': doctors plead to modernise assisted dying

A decades-old ban that has little to do with health care is hindering how the terminally ill end their lives in more ways than people realise, doctors say.

AAP · Aug 8

‘On his own terms’: James Valentine chose assisted dying but barriers remain for Australians wanting to access it

Applications for voluntary assisted dying are rising but Australia is the only nation that prevents the use of telehealth during the process

The Guardian - AU · Apr 23

Victoria scraps ‘gag clause’ banning doctors from raising voluntary assisted dying with patients

Exclusive: Review found some of the safeguards of state’s once groundbreaking laws have impeded access to end-of-life choices

The Guardian - AU · Feb 19, 2025

Advocates laud assisted dying bill, but critics condemn 'worst bill'

The bill was introduced to the Assembly on Tuesday.

The Canberra Times · Oct 31, 2023

David Levitt feared the worst with his brain tumour diagnosis: that he wouldn’t be able to die by choice

His wife says family ‘disengaged completely from palliative care services’ for fear Catholic hospital wouldn’t provide voluntary assisted dying

The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2023

Bowman Rebecchi launches property firm with new contract

New business hires Linda Swan from Blair & Bryden to lead it

Insider UK · May 2, 2022