Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021

The provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 were referred to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice for inquiry and report on 19 October 2021.

The DPS Research Service has published an issues backgrounder on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021.

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Terms of reference - updated 25 January 2022

Date	Milestone
19 Oct 2021	Referred
22 Nov 2021	Submissions closed
08 Dec 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
10 Dec 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
13 Dec 2021	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
22 Feb 2022	Final Report

No. 1 Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Assisted Dying
No. 1a Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Assisted Dying
No. 2 Mrs Donna Adolfson
No. 3 Mr Arian Levanael
No. 4 Ms Maryanne Platt
No. 5 Doctors for Voluntary Assisted Dying Choice NSW
No. 6 Professor Nicholas Cowdery AO QC
No. 7 St. Michael's Catholic Church
No. 8 Holy Innocents Parish
No. 9 Dynamic Stride Podiatry
No. 10 Dr Gavin Pattullo
No. 11 Dr Eugene Moylan
No. 12 Mr Julian Gardner AM
No. 13 Professor Margaret A. Somerville AM
No. 14 Voluntary Assisted Dying South Australia (VADSA)
No. 15 Baptist Association of NSW and ACT
No. 16 Council on the Ageing (COTA) NSW
No. 17 Mr Greg Cornwell AM
No. 18 Rationalist Society of Australia
No. 19 Women's Forum Australia
No. 20 Australian Care Alliance
No. 21 Adelaide Centre for Bioethics and Culture
No. 22 Cathy Barry, Angela White and Tony Barry
No. 23 NSW Council for Civil Liberties
No. 24 The Hon Greg Smith SC
No. 25 Palliative Care New South Wales
No. 26 Dying With Dignity Victoria Inc
No. 27 DIGNITAS - To live with dignity - To die with dignity
No. 28 ACON
No. 29 Avant Mutual
No. 30 Catholic Women’s League Australia – New South Wales Inc
No. 31 Dying with Dignity NSW
No. 32 Live and Die Well
No. 33 FamilyVoice Australia (NSW)
No. 34 St Thomas More Society
No. 35 Australian Paramedics Association (NSW)
No. 36 Doctors for Assisted Dying Choice
No. 37 The Clem Jones Group
No. 38 Catholic Bishops of New South Wales and the Bishops of the Australasian‐Middle East Christian Apostolic Churches
No. 39 The National Civic Council, The Australian Family Association (NSW), and Anna Krohn
No. 40 Right to Life NSW
No. 41 The Anscombe Bioethics Centre
No. 42 Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
No. 43 New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association
No. 44 Health Professionals Say No
No. 45 Cherish Life
No. 46 Dying with Dignity WA
No. 47 Positive Life NSW
No. 48 Australian Christian Lobby
No. 49 Go Gentle Australia
No. 50 HOPE: Preventing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Ltd
No. 51 National Secular Lobby
No. 52 Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine
No. 53 The Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of NSW
No. 54 Little Company of Mary Health Care (Calvary)
No. 55 Anglicare Sydney and Anglicare Northern Inland
No. 56 Humanists Australia
No. 57 Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine - NSW Division
No. 58 Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Australia
No. 59 VALE (Voluntary Assisted Life Ending) Group
No. 60 Cancer Voices NSW
No. 61 Secular Association of NSW
No. 62 Dr Xavier Symons
No. 63 Associate Professor Peter Kurti
No. 64 Professor George L. Mendz
No. 65 Dr Frank Brennan AM
No. 66 Dr Sarah Wenham
No. 67 The Hon. Greg Donnelly MLC
No. 67a The Hon. Greg Donnelly MLC
No. 67b The Hon. Greg Donnelly MLC
No. 68 Dr Abdulrazak Mohamad
No. 69 MIGA
No. 70 The Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM)
No. 71 Palliative Care Nurses Australia Inc
No. 72 Department of Health Victoria
No. 73 Dementia Australia
No. 74 Australian Medical Association (NSW) Ltd
No. 75 St Vincent's Health Australia
No. 76 Human Rights Law Alliance
No. 77 Catholic Health Australia
No. 78 Associate Professor Megan Best
No. 79 The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
No. 80 Professor John Keown DCL
No. 81 Clinical Professor Richard Chye
No. 82 Ms Penny Hackett
No. 83 Dr Michael Casey
No. 84 Mr Ashley Dewell et al.
No. 85 The Hon Mike Gaffney MLC
No. 86 Mr Paul Santamaria QC
No. 87 Professor David Kissane
No. 88 Name suppressed
No. 89 Mrs Janet Edwards
No. 90 Mrs Lynette McManus
No. 91 Dr John Obeid
No. 92 Dr Stephen Parnis
No. 93 The Law Society of New South Wales
No. 94 Dr John Fleming
No. 95 Plunkett Centre for Ethics
No. 96 Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)
No. 97 Professor Lindy Willmott and Professor Ben White
No. 98 Dying with Dignity Queensland
No. 99 Physical Disability Council of NSW
No. 100 Dr Andrew McGee
No. 101 New South Wales Bar Association
No. 102 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
No. 103 Miss Anna Walsh
No. 104 Ms Shayne Higson
No. 105 HammondCare
No. 106 Ms Janet Cohen
No. 107 Australian Lawyers Alliance

Date	Venue Details
08/12/2021	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
10/12/2021	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
13/12/2021	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-02-22	22/02/2022	Media Release	Report tabled - Inquiry into the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021
2022-02-15	15/02/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Adjunct Clinical Professor Leeroy William, Immediate Past President, The Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
2022-02-15	15/02/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Adjunct Clinical Professor Leeroy William, Immediate Past President, The Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
2022-02-10	10/02/2022	Other	Online questionnaire report
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Dr Michael Casey, Director, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University and Dr Cris Abbu, Policy and Projects Manager, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University
2022-02-07	07/02/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Michael Casey, Director, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University
2022-02-06	06/02/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Brendan Long, Chief Executive Officer, Right to Life NSW
2022-02-03	03/02/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	NSW Bar Association
2022-02-02	02/02/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Linda Hansen, Chief Executive Officer, Palliative Care NSW
2022-01-31	31/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Mark Green and Dr Rachel Hughes, Little Company of Mary Health Care (Calvary) Ltd
2022-01-31	31/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Brendan Long, Chief Executive Officer, Right to Life NSW
2022-01-31	31/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Mark Green, National Director Mission, Little Company of Mary Health Care (Calvary) Ltd
2022-01-29	29/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Professor David A. Jones, Director, Anscombe Bioethics Centre
2022-01-29	29/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Dr Eugene Moylan, Director, Liverpool Hospital Cancer Therapy Centre, Senior Staff Specialist, Medical Oncology, Liverpool Hospital
2022-01-29	29/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Professor David A. Jones, Director, Anscombe Bioethics Centre
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	NSW Health
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Julia Abrahams, Chief Legal Counsel, Catholic Healthcare and Member of Catholic Health Australia
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Grant Millard, Chief Executive Officer, Anglicare Sydney and Anglicare Northern Inland
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Gregory Bondar, NSW & ACT State Director, Family Voice Australia
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney, Catholic Bishops of New South Wales and the Bishops of the Australian-Middle East Christian Apostolic Churches
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Dr Bernadette Tobin AO, Director, Plunkett Centre for Ethics
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Branka van der Linden, Director, HOPE: Preventing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Ltd
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Health
2022-01-28	28/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Professor Carmelle Peisah, Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales, Clinical Professor, University of Sydney, Founder and President, Capacity Australia and Member, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
2022-01-27	27/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Andrew Montague, General Manager, Health and Palliative Care, HammondCare
2022-01-27	27/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Associate Professor Andrew Cole, Chief Medical Officer, HammondCare
2022-01-27	27/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	The Hon Greg Smith SC, Former NSW Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
2022-01-27	27/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Therese Smeal, President, Palliative Care NSW, and Senior Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant and Member, Palliative Care Nurses Australia Inc
2022-01-24	24/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Associate Professor Megan Best, Associate Professor of Bioethics, Institute for Ethics and Society, The University of Notre Dame Australia
2022-01-24	24/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Associate Professor Megan Best, Associate Professor of Bioethics, Institute for Ethics and Society, The University of Notre Dame Australia
2022-01-19	19/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Australian Care Alliance
2022-01-12	12/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Professor David Kissane, Professor and Chair of Palliative Medicine Research, University of Notre Dame Australia, and The Cunningham Centre for Palliative Care Research, St Vincent's Sydney
2022-01-07	07/01/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Rev. Dr. John Fleming, Retired academic, Former President of Campion College Australia
2021-12-31	31/12/2021	Additional Information	Ms Janet Cohen, Advocate, Go Gentle Australia
2021-12-29	29/12/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Professor Margaret A. Somerville AM, Professor of Bioethics, Affiliate of the Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia
2021-12-22	22/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Karen Appleby, Manager, Policy and Campaigns, Council on the Ageing NSW
2021-12-21	21/12/2021	Additional Information	Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe, NSW & ACT Faculty Chair, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Position statement on Voluntary Assisted Dying 2021, September 2020, tendered by Professor Carmelle Peisah
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	'The Nexus Between Elder Abuse, Suicide, and Assisted Dying: The Importance of Relational Autonomy and Undue Influence', Anne P F Ward, Carmelle Peisah, Brian Draper, Henry Brodaty, tendered by Professor Carmelle Peisah
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	'Biggest Decision of Them All – Death and Assisted Dying: Capacity Assessments and Undue Influence Screening', Carmelle Peisah, Linda Sheahan and Ben P. White, tendered by Professor Carmelle Peisah
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	'The Human Rights of Older People with Mental Health Conditions and Psychosocial Disability to a Good Death and Dying Well', Carmelle Peisah, Elizabeth L. Sampson, Kiram Rabheru, Anne Wand, Mari Lapid, tendered by Professor Carmelle Peisah
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	PowerPoint Presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying: Data from Victoria, Internationally, and the Victorian Community of Practice Case Series, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	PowerPoint Presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria: A case series of patient characteristics 2019-2021, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	PowerPoint presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria: A retrospective case series assessing the application process, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Tabled Document	PowerPoint Presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria: Comparing reasons for applying with Canada and Oregon, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren
2021-12-13	13/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Professor Margaret A. Somerville AM, Professor of Bioethics, Affiliate of the Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia
2021-12-10	10/12/2021	Additional Information	Ms Emma Schofield, Private individual
2021-12-10	10/12/2021	Tabled Document	Addendum to submission - Critical Issues Relating to Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, tendered by Mr Michael McAuley
2021-12-10	10/12/2021	Tabled Document	Opening statement, 10 December 2021, tendered by Clinical Associate Professor Maria Cigolini
2021-12-10	10/12/2021	Tabled Document	Opening statement, 10 December 2021, tendered by Ms Julia Abrahams
2021-12-10	10/12/2021	Tabled Document	Opening statement, 10 December 2021, tendered by Mr Mark Green
2021-12-09	09/12/2021	Additional Information	Ms Emma Schofield, Private individual
2021-12-08	08/12/2021	Tabled Document	State of Suffering, New South Wales, Testimonies of the damage done in absence of a Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Dying with Dignity NSW and Go Gentle Australia, tendered by Ms Penny Hackett
2021-12-08	08/12/2021	Tabled Document	The Damage Done, Go Gentle Australia, tendered by Mr Steve Offner
2021-12-08	08/12/2021	Tabled Document	Voluntary Assisted Dying: A Guide to the Debate in NSW, October 2021, Go Gentle Australia, tendered by Mr Steve Offner
2021-12-08	08/12/2021	Tabled Document	VAD and scheduling of drugs and poisons, tendered by Mr Ian Wood
2021-12-08	08/12/2021	Tabled Document	VAD and 'suicide contagion', tendered by Mr Ian Wood
2021-12-08	08/12/2021	Tabled Document	Copy of Reverend Michael Dowling's address to South Australian VAD Forum on behalf of Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Assisted Dying, 16 March 2021, tendered by Mr Ian Wood
2021-12-08	08/12/2021	Tabled Document	Our Right to Die – Lessons for Britain from the European experience, Mr Chris Davies MEP, tendered by Mr Ian Wood
2021-10-21	21/10/2021	Media Release	Parliamentary inquiry opens into the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Madeleine Dowd	Director Regulation Committee	9230 3050	[email protected]
Sharon Ohnesorge	Clerk Assistant - Procedure	9230 3389	[email protected]
Stephen Fujiwara	Principal Council Offier-Exec Officer	9230 2046	[email protected]
Lauren Evans	Principal Council Officer	9230 2276	[email protected]
Andrew Ratchford	Council Officer	9230 3672	[email protected]

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