The Australian Care Alliance has made submissions to parliamentary and other inquiries that are either actively considering legalising assisted suicide and euthanasia or that are concerned with broader issues that could be impacted by the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia such as mental illness and aged care.
To get more insight into how euthanasia and assisted suicide are operating, freedom of information (FOI) requests can be made to relevant agencies. Documents obtained by FOI area also published here.
List of submissions:
- Review of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 217 (Victoria)
- Northern Territory Expert Advisory Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2023 - ACT Legislative Assembly Select Committee
- Australian Capital Territory consultation on voluntary assisted dying [sic]
- United Kingdom Health and Social Care Committee - Inquiry into Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 - NSW Parliament Law and Justice Committee
- Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill 2021 - Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
- Voluntary Assisted Dying [sic] Bill 2021 - Queensland Parliament, Health and Environment Committee
- UTAS Review of Tasmanian End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020
- Queensland Law Reform Commission
- Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee (Qld)
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
- Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System
- Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying (Western Australia)
- Joint Committee on End of life Choices of the Parliament of South Australia
Freedom of Information Documents: