Damned if I Do (24 page)

political career

as independent candidate in seat of Menzies
110–11

reflections on
210–11

as Senate candidate for Greens
6

politics
23

Port Arthur massacre
22

postgraduate years
7
,
27
,
28–36

Potts, Susan
131
,
145

Powell, James
46–7
,
49

practical jokes
24–5
,
31–2

Pratchett, Sir Terry
188

Pretty, Dianne
112

psychiatric assessment
29–30

Public Interest Advocacy Centre
169

Public Service Act
, alleged breach
77

Purcell, Valerie
93

Purdy, Debbie
135
,
181
,
206

Pyne, Christopher
102

Q&A
(ABC TV)
156

Quinn, David
41
,
42–3
,
113
,
194

racism
44–5

Rainbow Bay Lifesaving Club
72–3

Rangiari, Mick (Hoppy Mick)
113
,
194

Raper, Lynn
41
,
42–3

rational suicide
131

The Red Heart: Sagas of Centralia
(Clune)
191
,
195

Redheap
(Lindsay)
168

Reed, Mike
54
,
55
,
78
,
79–80

Reeves, John
55
,
64

relationships

with Fiona Stewart
111–14
,
191
,
192
,
194
,
195
,
196–8
,
204
,
210

influence of women
48

with Jenny
19–20
,
28–9
,
39–41
,
42–3
,
46–7
,
49–50

with Kate
74–5

with Margaret
18–19

with Marlies
58–9
,
60
,
65
,
71–3
,
74

with Paddy
50–1

with Tristan
75
,
79
,
80
,
85
,
94
,
111
,
112

with Virginia
48–50
,
51

religion
14–15

rescues

at sea
72–3

on Oodnadatta–Marla road
197–8

Richardson, Connie
9

Richardson, Dave
196

Richardson, Doug
9

Richter, Robert
125

Right to Life Australia
126
,
169
,
170

right to life and death
141

right-to-die movement, philosophical divisions
129–37

right-to-life protests
187

Rights of the Terminally Ill (ROTI) Act 1996
(NT)

burning of
104

enactment
6–7

first attempt to use
85–8
,
89
,
91
,
92

first use
88–92

John Howard's opposition to
99

overturning of
104
,
105
,
170

requirements
86
,
90
,
95
,
130

users
93
,
96

see also
Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996

Ripples from Wave Hill
(documentary film)
194

Robertson, Geoffrey
184

Robinson, Dean
75

Robinson, Mary
188

Rockin' Robin
(yacht)
73

Rossiter, Chris
145

Royal Darwin Hospital

‘Free Speech?' banner
79
,
219

non-renewal of employment contract
78–9

radiation-exposure training
77–9

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
66

Rudd government, blacklist of websites to be banned
172–3

Rudd, Kevin
110

Ruddock, Philip
169
,
170
,
171

Russell, Jack
94

Russell, Paul
159–60
,
213–14

Russian Cossack 650cc motorbike
192–3
,
194
,
196–8

Ryan, Erica
173

sailing
65–6
,
71–4

St Clair Recreation Centre (Woodville)
20

Sattler, Howard
158

Saunders, Peter
160

Schadenberg, Alex
160

Schwerdtfeger, Peter
39

Scott, Leisa
149

Scrine, Gil
60

Scully, Boyd
69

Senate Privileges Committee
78

7.30 Report
(ABC TV)
92

Severin, Peter
196

sexual harassment
15–16

Shanahan, Dennis
159–60
,
164
,
169
,
213

Shepherd, Tory
158

Shirley (tried for assisting a suicide)
115
,
116–19
,
120–1
,
122

Sims, Jeremy
86

Singh, Sabu
45
,
46

Sinn Fein
188

Slee, Mr (headmaster)
13

Smith, Dick
199

Smith, Wesley J.
160
,
164
,
179

Smothers, Tom
162

social activism
30–1
,
38

social media
159
,
215

Society for the Protection of Community Values (NZ)
126
,
171

South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society
140

South Place Ethical Society
180

Southport Yacht Club
73

speaking engagements

cancellation of
176–7

international
179

Spender, Lynne
112

Squizz
(sloop)
65–6
,
71–4
,
219

stand-up comedy
215–16

Starmer, Kier
135

Starr, Chris
35

Stephens, Mark
184

Stephens, Scott
25

Stevens, Lynton
80
,
81–2

Stewart, Fiona
111–14
,
173
,
182
,
183
,
185
,
187
,
191
,
192
,
194
,
195
,
196–8
,
204
,
210

Street, Maryan
206

Strelley station
36

suicide pills
140–2

see also
‘peaceful pill'

Suicide-Related Materials Offences Act
(Cth)
167
,
172

‘supermarket shelf' statement
141
,
142

Sydney Medical School
58
,
59–61
,
65
,
66–7
,
68

Sydney Olympics, torchbearer
123

Syme, Rodney
100
,
131–2
,
140

Tedeschi, Mark
117–18
,
119
,
120

The Territory: The Classic Saga of Australia's Far North
(Hill)
48

Territory Boxing Association
69

‘Thanatron'
88–9

Theo (friend)
24–5
,
30

Therapeutic Goods Administration, Special Access Scheme (SAS)
211–13

Thomson, Jim
20

threatening letters
124

Tippett, John
151

Titchmarsh, Alan
182

Today
(BBC Radio 4 program)
181

Todd, John
139

Todmorden Station
198

Tragedy Track
(Baume)
33

Tunstall, Arthur
71

Twitter
215

Tyndall, John
177

UK Voluntary Euthanasia Society
134

United Kingdom

detention by Immigration officials at Heathrow
183–4

Exit workshops
180–5

legislative reform
206–7

United States

Citizen Initiated Referendum process
206

Exit workshops
187

legislative reform
206

refusal of visa application
137

right-to-die movement
136–7

‘single drug protocol' for lethal injections
209–10

University of Adelaide
25–6

University Air Squadron
23

The Unlucky Australians
(Hardy)
37
,
38

Uren, Tom
194

USS Houston
77

Vancouver Unitarian Church
186

Vanstone, Amanda
100

Ven Der Build
45

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
151–2

Vietnam War
23–4
,
27

Virginia
48–9

Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry
170–1

voluntary euthanasia

censorship of
162–78

federal political opposition to
99

information workshops by Exit
107–8
,
111
,
115
,
125
,
133
,
135

legal test case re discrimination against the seriously ill
201–2

non-medical do-it-yourself approach
131
,
132–3
,
181

NT government intention to legalise
3

offering to prisoners with life sentences
209

as option restricted to the sick and controlled by medical profession
130–2
,
134–5
,
181–2

as right to peaceful death without medical involvement
130

support for
5
,
93
,
95

videos about
163

voluntary euthanasia movement

adversaries within
125
,
127–35
,
140
,
143
,
180–2

Clem Jones bequest
138–40
,
142

DIY solutions
131
,
132–3
,
136–7
,
182

and law reform
130
,
181–2
,
205–7

philosophical divisions
129–37

voluntary euthanasia organisations

attempt to unite
99–100
,
138

state societies
99–100
,
138
,
139
,
140

YourLastRight
139–40

see also
Exit International

Voluntary Euthanasia Party
210

Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF)
107

Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Victoria
99–100
,
110
,
131

Wake, Chris (Dr)
4
,
5
,
86–7

Wake in Fright
(film)
191

Walker, Steve
198

Wallace, Jim
170

Wallis, Ruth
178

Walsh, David
97

Ward, Frank
119–20

Wardill, Jon
88
,
89–90
,
160

Wave Hill Aboriginal stockmen's strike
38
,
42–6
,
113
,
193–5

Weapons Research Establishment (Salisbury)
22

wedding
114

Weightman, Warren
95

West Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society
139

Whitlam, Gough
42

Wikileaks
172

Wild, Ester
97
,
104–6

Williams, Andrea
188

Williams, Martin
106

Williams, Michael
120

Williamson, Sandy
145

Wilson, Libby
133–4

women, influence of
48

Wootten, Sarah
181

The Works
174

World Federation of Right to Die Societies
140

World Federation of Right to Die Societies conferences

Toronto 2006
136
,
168

Zurich 1998
136

Worthington, Bill
93

Wylie, Graeme
115–17
,
120–1

Wynter, Dana
116

Wyvill, Lew
64–5

Youth Defence (Ireland)
187

YouTube, removal of Exit's videos
163

 

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