Dr. Philip Nitschke assisted the deaths of four people in 1996 under the now-overturned Northern Territory voluntary euthanasia law. He is founder and director of EXIT (Australia) and runs workshops around the country advising terminally ill individuals about hastened dying.
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- The Age - "Nitschke regrets, as Crick farewelled" Article about Nitschke and Nancy Crick, from The Age (Australian newspaper).
- Sydney Morning Herald - "A practical guide to suicide" An article about Nitschke's "euthanasia workshops" and the people who attend them.
- Sydney Morning Herald - "Dicing with death" An article about Nitschke and his workshops.
- The Guardian: Euthanasia Ship to Set Sail For UK An article about Nitschke's plans to purchase a Dutch boat, moor it off the coast of the United Kingdom, and hasten deaths on board.
- San Diego Union-Tribune -- "Hemlock Society convention starts on notes of controversy" Article about Nitschke's failed attempt to take devices that hasten death out of Australia.