Andrew Denton reflects on voluntary assisted dying predictions | ABC NEWS
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Ten years ago, Andrew Denton promised to "light a fire so big no politician could ignore it". That speech launched Go Gentle Australia and a national campaign for VAD (voluntary assisted dying) laws. A decade later, VAD laws have been passed in every state and territory. Since former nurse and cancer patient Margaret Radmore became one of the first to use Victoria's voluntary assisted dying laws in 2020, at least 10,000 dying Australians have chosen to end their lives. In a speech to the National Press Club today, Denton reflected on what this achievement has meant both for people across Australia, and for our health system. He also spoke of the obstacles that VAD has faced: federal restrictions on telehealth, resistance within many parts of the health and aged care systems, and ongoing stigma, each of which has created barriers to VAD for terminally ill people, despite their eligibility. #VAD Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia
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