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Click here to view the November 2007 newsletter for DWDV. In it you will find:

Relevant is the quarterly magazine of the NVVE. This is the English summary of the Extra Issue for Summer 2007.

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Supporters of DWDV have been polling candidates for the upcoming by-elections in the Victorian seats of Albert Park and Williamstown for their position on DWDV’s Legislative Charter to grant terminally and incurably ill Victorians with profound suffering the right to physician assisted dying (PAD). The results are being published at http://www.dwdv.org.au/politics/VicByElections2007.html to help constituents cast an informed vote.

The newsletter of Dying with Dignity Victoria, Australia.This edition contains information about:

A petition with over eight thousand signatures was presented to the Parliament by the Deputy Premier on Tuesday 17th July.

Relevant is the quarterly magazine of the NVVE. This is the English summary of the issue of August 2007.

Summary Relevant June 2007

Relevant is the quarterly magazine of the NVVE. This is the English summary of the issue of June 2007.

A rally on the steps of Parliament House today [Wed20June] drew hundreds of supporters demanding law form for dying with dignity in Victoria. The rally commemorated the second anniversary of the death of Steve Guest, a journalist and former media advisor to the Cain Labor Government.

STOP PRESS: Dr Rodney Syme, Vice President of Dying With Dignity Victoria, will be making a significant announcement regarding his involvement in Steve Guest’s death, at the rally.

he number of euthanasia cases has dropped over the past few years, though the number of terminal patients receiving palliative sedation has increased.

Five years ago, 1 April 2002, the Netherlands introduced a new law on euthanasia, becoming the first country in the world to legalise the practice within strict boundaries.