The Power of Choice

They choose Voluntary Assisted Dying because they want a good death and not a bad death. Because, dying, they want an end to their suffering, not its indefinite continuation and worsening. Richard Flanagan Mute and frozen witnesses, we watched Death take this strong man – my father – and shake him out until he was nothing. Andrew Denton Award-winning photographer Julian Kingma turns his camera on those who choose death, and those who help them on their final journey, inviting us to ask, perhaps for the first time, what constitutes a good death?

Julian Kingma is an award-winning photographer whose work is regularly exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. Many of his works feature in their permanent collection. www.juliankingma.com

To life Andrew Denton Where is the song? Richard Flanagan A good death Sue Parker The power of choice Laraine Blackson Dan Colgan Ian Pratt Rachel Hanrick Phil O’ Keefe Suffering Simon MacGillivray Lynette Gelsomino Peter Bailey Liberty Pack Clearing the hurdles Mark Butler Anna Ladini The carers Cam McLaren Sandra Rennie Bu O’ Brien Sandi Olney Greg Mewett Rohan Vora It can ask a lot Angela Cooney Judith Riseley Clare Fellingham The guiding lights Nikki Ericson & the care navigators Michael Dooley & the statewide pharmacists How do you say goodbye? Melissa Langton Nigel Taimanu The final word Sue Parker & Nicole Lee The last intimate thing Julian Kingma The Voluntary Assisted Dying process Timeline of VAD laws How the laws work Glossary Who to contact Acknowledgments