Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021

Introduction

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.

Video recordings of hearings, where available, can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel here.

Terms of reference
Timeline
DateMilestone
Tue 19 October 2021Referred
Mon 22 November 2021Submissions closed
Wed 08 December 2021Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 10 December 2021Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 13 December 2021Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 22 February 2022FinalReport
Submissions

Submissions to this inquiry closed on 22 Nov 2021.

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Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Wed 08 December 2021Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 10 December 2021Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 13 December 2021Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Tue 22 February 2022Media ReleaseReport tabled - Inquiry into the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 (pdf, 119.97 KB)
Tue 15 February 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Adjunct Clinical Professor Leeroy William, Immediate Past President, The Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (pdf, 289.55 KB)
Tue 15 February 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsAdjunct Clinical Professor Leeroy William, Immediate Past President, The Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (pdf, 730.62 KB)
Thu 10 February 2022OtherOnline questionnaire report (pdf, 200.18 KB)
Mon 07 February 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsDr Michael Casey, Director, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University and Dr Cris Abbu, Policy and Projects Manager, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University (pdf, 81.90 KB)
Mon 07 February 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Dr Michael Casey, Director, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University (pdf, 74.34 KB)
Sun 06 February 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Dr Brendan Long, Chief Executive Officer, Right to Life NSW (pdf, 301.75 KB)
Thu 03 February 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsNSW Bar Association (pdf, 603.97 KB)
Wed 02 February 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMs Linda Hansen, Chief Executive Officer, Palliative Care NSW (pdf, 160.11 KB)
Mon 31 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Dr Brendan Long, Chief Executive Officer, Right to Life NSW (pdf, 310.09 KB)
Mon 31 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Mark Green, National Director Mission, Little Company of Mary Health Care (Calvary) Ltd (pdf, 252.83 KB)
Mon 31 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMr Mark Green and Dr Rachel Hughes, Little Company of Mary Health Care (Calvary) Ltd (pdf, 426.39 KB)
Sat 29 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Professor David A. Jones, Director, Anscombe Bioethics Centre (pdf, 146.37 KB)
Sat 29 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsDr Eugene Moylan, Director, Liverpool Hospital Cancer Therapy Centre, Senior Staff Specialist, Medical Oncology, Liverpool Hospital (pdf, 578.32 KB)
Sat 29 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor David A. Jones, Director, Anscombe Bioethics Centre (pdf, 417.91 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Branka van der Linden, Director, HOPE: Preventing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Ltd (pdf, 129.27 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice NSW Health (pdf, 338.83 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers 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 (pdf, 949.85 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsArchbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney, Catholic Bishops of New South Wales and the Bishops of the Australian-Middle East Christian Apostolic Churches (pdf, 199.72 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsDr Bernadette Tobin AO, Director, Plunkett Centre for Ethics (pdf, 338.22 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMr Grant Millard, Chief Executive Officer, Anglicare Sydney and Anglicare Northern Inland (pdf, 605.04 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMr Gregory Bondar, NSW & ACT State Director, Family Voice Australia (pdf, 175.43 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMs Julia Abrahams, Chief Legal Counsel, Catholic Healthcare and Member of Catholic Health Australia (pdf, 118.31 KB)
Fri 28 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsNSW Health (pdf, 269.60 KB)
Thu 27 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Dr Andrew Montague, General Manager, Health and Palliative Care, HammondCare (pdf, 103.86 KB)
Thu 27 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsAssociate Professor Andrew Cole, Chief Medical Officer, HammondCare (pdf, 107.81 KB)
Thu 27 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMs Therese Smeal, President, Palliative Care NSW, and Senior Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant and Member, Palliative Care Nurses Australia Inc (pdf, 123.75 KB)
Thu 27 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsThe Hon Greg Smith SC, Former NSW Attorney-General and Minister for Justice (pdf, 1.84 MB)
Mon 24 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Associate Professor Megan Best, Associate Professor of Bioethics, Institute for Ethics and Society, The University of Notre Dame Australia (pdf, 952.27 KB)
Mon 24 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsAssociate Professor Megan Best, Associate Professor of Bioethics, Institute for Ethics and Society, The University of Notre Dame Australia (pdf, 208.13 KB)
Wed 19 January 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Australian Care Alliance (pdf, 317.82 KB)
Wed 12 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor 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 (pdf, 173.25 KB)
Fri 07 January 2022Answers to Supplementary QuestionsRev. Dr. John Fleming, Retired academic, Former President of Campion College Australia (pdf, 263.24 KB)
Fri 31 December 2021Additional InformationMs Janet Cohen, Advocate, Go Gentle Australia (pdf, 204.13 KB)
Wed 29 December 2021Answers to Supplementary QuestionsProfessor Margaret A. Somerville AM, Professor of Bioethics, Affiliate of the Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia (pdf, 161.83 KB)
Wed 22 December 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Karen Appleby, Manager, Policy and Campaigns, Council on the Ageing NSW (pdf, 167.37 KB)
Tue 21 December 2021Additional InformationAssociate Professor Charlotte Hespe, NSW & ACT Faculty Chair, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (pdf, 166.20 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled DocumentThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Position statement on Voluntary Assisted Dying 2021, September 2020, tendered by Professor Carmelle Peisah (pdf, 112.21 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled 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 (pdf, 255.68 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled 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 (pdf, 378.03 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled 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 (pdf, 305.46 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled DocumentPowerPoint Presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying: Data from Victoria, Internationally, and the Victorian Community of Practice Case Series, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren (pdf, 926.59 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled DocumentPowerPoint Presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria: A case series of patient characteristics 2019-2021, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren (pdf, 239.10 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled DocumentPowerPoint presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria: A retrospective case series assessing the application process, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren (pdf, 306.42 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Tabled DocumentPowerPoint Presentation, Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria: Comparing reasons for applying with Canada and Oregon, tendered by Dr Cameron McLaren (pdf, 270.09 KB)
Mon 13 December 2021Answers 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 (pdf, 115.22 KB)
Fri 10 December 2021Tabled DocumentAddendum to submission - Critical Issues Relating to Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, tendered by Mr Michael McAuley (pdf, 3.25 MB)
Fri 10 December 2021Tabled DocumentOpening statement, 10 December 2021, tendered by Clinical Associate Professor Maria Cigolini (pdf, 450.92 KB)
Fri 10 December 2021Tabled DocumentOpening statement, 10 December 2021, tendered by Ms Julia Abrahams (pdf, 501.17 KB)
Fri 10 December 2021Tabled DocumentOpening statement, 10 December 2021, tendered by Mr Mark Green (pdf, 614.96 KB)
Fri 10 December 2021Additional InformationMs Emma Schofield, Private individual (pdf, 79.61 KB)
Thu 09 December 2021Additional InformationMs Emma Schofield, Private individual (pdf, 55.20 KB)
Wed 08 December 2021Tabled DocumentState 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 (pdf, 6.34 MB)
Wed 08 December 2021Tabled DocumentThe Damage Done, Go Gentle Australia, tendered by Mr Steve Offner (pdf, 4.05 MB)
Wed 08 December 2021Tabled DocumentVoluntary Assisted Dying: A Guide to the Debate in NSW, October 2021, Go Gentle Australia, tendered by Mr Steve Offner (pdf, 1.65 MB)
Wed 08 December 2021Tabled DocumentVAD and scheduling of drugs and poisons, tendered by Mr Ian Wood (pdf, 134.18 KB)
Wed 08 December 2021Tabled DocumentVAD and 'suicide contagion', tendered by Mr Ian Wood (pdf, 231.91 KB)
Wed 08 December 2021Tabled DocumentCopy 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 (pdf, 205.85 KB)
Wed 08 December 2021Tabled DocumentOur Right to Die – Lessons for Britain from the European experience, Mr Chris Davies MEP, tendered by Mr Ian Wood (pdf, 5.11 MB)
Thu 21 October 2021Media ReleaseParliamentary inquiry opens into the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill (pdf, 131.12 KB)
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