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SOUTH Australians have given positive feedback for the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation which gives those who meet a strict […]

ATTORNEY General Kyam Maher has called out for doctors within the South East to partake in online training to become […]

AFTER years of advocacy, a Mount Gambier woman is celebrating the upcoming implementation of the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Act. […]

By Raquel Mustillo THE final painful and traumatic days of Limestone Coast stalwart Viv Maher were tearfully recounted by her son Kyam at last week’s voluntary assisted dying vigil. 
 The Labor heavyweight held back tears as he told a crowd of around 60 voluntary euthanasia supporters at the Mount Gambier event of his mother’s final days following her decision to stop cancer treatments.

 “I remember on the morning of August 11, 2017 and the afternoon before, when my mother was towards the end of her battle with pancreatic cancer,” Mr Maher said. “She brought myself, my broth...

By Raquel Mustillo IT is easy for Mount Gambier resident and former nun Jane Qualmann to reconcile the Catholic Church’s moral theology which rejects euthanasia and her support for voluntary assisted dying. Ms Qualmann is suffering through the latter stages of a terminal illness and wants to end her own life when her suffering becomes too great. It is a dignified end available to Victorians living just 20 minutes away but for South Australians, the right to choose has yet to be legislated. “God never wanted me to suffer,” Ms Qualmann said. “Jesus suffered on that cross, but he didn...