Who Are We Mr PERTH UPPER Unit 2, 714 Ranford Road, Go Gentle Go Gentle Australia, founded by Andrew Denton, is an SOUTHERN RIVER WA 6110 Australia expert advisory and health promotion charity for a better HOUSE MEMBERS Ph: (08) 9398 3800 Mr Simon O’BRIEN conversation around death, dying and end of life choices. North Metropolitan 904 Canning Highway, Our campaigning efforts in Victoria in 2017 provided Mr Peter COLLIER CANNING BRIDGE WA 6153, or Shop 23A, Warwick Grove Corner Beach PO Box 919, CANNING BRIDGE WA 6153 IF YOU WANT critical assistance to those in the Victorian parliament Road and Erindale Road, WARWICK WA E: [email protected] who fought for and ultimately succeeded in the historic 6024, or PO Box 2606, WARWICK WA 6024 Ph: (08) 9364 4277 E: [email protected] passing of Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation. Mr Aaron STONEHOUSE A CHOICE, Ph: (08) 9203 9588 Level 1, Sterling House, In , we are supporting a campaign to Ms Alannah MacTIERNAN 8 Parliament Place, Unit 1, 386 Wanneroo Road, WEST PERTH WA 6005 see parliament pass a Voluntary Assisted Dying law WESTMINSTER WA 6061 E: [email protected] ADD YOUR VOICE similar to Victoria’s. E: [email protected] Ph: (08) 9226 3550 Ph: (08) 6552 6200 Mr Please help us to be heard Mr Michael MISCHIN Unit 1, 273 South Street, HILTON WA TELL YOUR MPs YOU WANT THEM TO SUPPORT Unit 2, 5 Davidson Terrace, 6163 or PO Box 8166, Hilton WA 6163 THE VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING BILL. As we get closer to a vote in WA, a small but loud minority JOONDALUP WA 6027, or PO Box 3044, E: [email protected] with deep pockets who don’t want change will make a JOONDALUP WA 6027 Ph: (08) 9337 9176 E: [email protected] lot of noise. It’s important we don’t let them drown out Ph: (08) 9301 1896 East Metropolitan the views of the majority who want this law. This has Mr Mr Tim CLIFFORD happened over 30 times before. 339 Oxford Street, Unit 1, 36 The Crescent, LEEDERVILLE WA 6007 MIDLAND WA 6056 We can do a lot with a little. Please donate whatever you E: [email protected] E: [email protected] FOR THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO DIE can to the WA campaign so YOUR opinions can be heard. Ph: (08) 9201 0582 Ph: (08) 9274 8484 Mr Ms WITH DIGNITY AT A TIME AND PLACE OF All donations over $2 are tax deductible. Suite 1, 43 Cedric Street, 62 Eighth Avenue, MAYLANDS WA 6051 OUR CHOOSING, I URGE ALL OUR ELECTED STIRLING WA 6021 E: [email protected] REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THE To donate online: E: [email protected] Ph: (08) 9272 1718 Ph: (08) 9440 4422 PROPOSED NEW LAWS. Visit: gogentleaustralia.org.au Ms Ms Alison XAMON Ground Floor, 108 Swan Street, Google: Go Gentle Australia Level 2, 3 Oxford Close, GUILDFORD WA 6055 Howard Sattler, WEST LEEDERVILLE WA 6007 E: [email protected] Radio personality Phone: 0468 464 360 E: [email protected] Ph: (08) 9379 0840 Ph: (08) 9388 3955 Thank you for your support. Ms South Metropolitan Unit 6, 268 Belmont Avenue, If you have a question please contact: CLOVERDALE WA 6105 Ms E: [email protected] 399 Albany Highway, Go Gentle Australia Ph: (08) 9477 3855 VICTORIA PARK WA 6100, or Mr Charles SMITH Phone: 0468 464 360 PO Box 577, VICTORIA PARK WA 6979 Suite 13, 9 The Avenue, E: [email protected] MIDLAND WA 6056 Email: [email protected] Ph: (08) 9470 3511 E: [email protected] Ms Ph: (08) 9250 7901 Shop 20, Southlands Boulevard Shopping Mr Centre Corner Burrendah Boulevard and Pine Unit 2, 201-205 Burslem Drive, Go Gentle Tree Gully Road WILLETTON WA 6155 MADDINGTON WA 6109 Australia E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Ph: (08) 6552 5700 Ph: (08) 9452 8311 THE WA VOLUNTARY WHO SUPPORTS THIS LAW? Who wants to stop this law? The vast majority of Western Australians Opponents are mainly conservative faith-based groups. ASSISTED DYING BILL They have been effective in blocking more than 30 previous Opinion polls over the last decade show consistent support attempts to pass this law around Australia. The WA Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation has been written by for this law at over 80%, including about 75% support from Western Australians for Western Australians. It will be voted on Catholics and Anglicans. How can you be heard? in Parliament, most likely by the end of the year. Each politician Doctors A hand written letter is very powerful. Please write to your will have a ‘conscience’ vote – meaning they can vote ‘Yes’ or upper house members of parliament (MLCs). This vote will ‘No’ based on what they individually feel is best or right. GPs, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and the be won or lost in the upper house, so we need to focus our Your only opportunity to have a say is with your local Members Australian Medical Students’ Association all either support attention there. You can find out who your local upper house of Parliament before the vote. If you want your voice heard, you Voluntary Assisted Dying or have adopted a neutral stance. MPs are (you have several) by using our online MP look-up need to speak to them soon. An Australian Medical Association survey in 2016 found that tool at: gogentleaustralia.org.au/mp 51.6% of their members agreed assisted dying “can have a What is the VAD law? A phone call or email is also effective. Your MPs’ phone legitimate role in modern medical care”. The objective of the new Voluntary Assisted Dying law is to numbers and email addresses are found on the back of this Nurses offer relief from suffering to competent adults who are in the pamphlet. For tips on what to say to your MP, see our fact last weeks and months of an incurable physical illness, such Nurses, our primary caregivers and those who deal most sheet on Having Your Voice Heard at: as cancer. To be eligible for VAD you must: closely with the suffering of dying patients, officially support gogentleaustralia.org.au/seniors_facts a law. A survey by the Nurses Federation found that 80% of Sign our petition 1. have a terminal and incurable condition respondents believed their patients should have access to At gogentleaustralia.org.au/wa_petition you can download 2. be experiencing deep and intolerable suffering assisted dying. and print as many petition forms as you need. 3. be beyond even the help of palliative care. You can also phone us on 0468 464 360 and we can post You will have to request doctors to act. Two doctors will have to HAVE YOUR SAY one out to you. agree that you have a terminal illness that will end your life Get your friends and family to sign too! within six months (or 12 months in the case of a neurodegener- POLITICIANS WILL SOON VOTE ative illness such as Motor Neurone Disease). They will prescribe ON A LAW FOR ASSISTED DYING. Strength in numbers you a lethal drink which you can choose to take – or not. Under With others organise an appointment to go and see your the proposed law, you will also have the option to request your Our politicians will be the ones who decide whether or not to MPs. Take the bus! Electoral office locations are on the back doctor to administer the medication. give us control over the way we die. If our politicians vote ‘Yes’ of this pamphlet. You should be respectfully seen - you are all for the new laws we can get medication that will assist us to There are three basic principles: local constituents. die as we choose and not face extreme suffering. Publicity 1. your request must be voluntary and repeated If our politicians vote ‘No’, nothing will change. We will have If you do any of the above, why not consider letting your local 2. you must be an adult with decision-making capacity to hope a doctor will ‘help’ us in our final days – by breaking paper know? 3. you must be diagnosed with a terminal illness. the law. We won’t have a choice of when we die or how we die.

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