HeyJaredVoices From Voluntary Assisted Dying
This podcast series aims to share stories from the family members of loved ones who have accessed Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) in South Australia.
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- Sep 6, 2026
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Episode 29 – SA Deputy Premier Kyam Maher reflects on the hard-fought push for VAD (opens the original)
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Kyam Maher, South Australian Deputy Premier and Attorney-General, reveals how his mother's harrowing pancreatic cancer death drove him to introduce South Australia's successful 2020 voluntary assisted dying legislation—succeeding where 15 previous bills over 26 years had failed. Maher chairs South Australia's Legislative Council and championed VAD reform after witnessing his mother's excruciating final weeks. Modelling the bill closely on Victoria's scheme proved decisive, alongside powerful com
Episode 28 – How the NT's New VAD Law Falls Short of 1995 (opens the original)
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Marshall Perron drafted the world's first voluntary assisted dying legislation in 1995 as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – decades before most nations even debated the issue, and years before it was overturned by federal intervention. Marshall reflects on his 21 years in Northern Territory politics and the personal conviction that drove him to champion VAD reform. He unpacks the 25-year political battle that followed, including the federal override that cost countless Australians a dig
Episode 27 – You Can't Always Cure, But You Can Always Heal (opens the original)
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Voluntary assisted dying isn't just about end-of-life choice – it challenges medicine to rethink its purpose. Dr Clare Fellingham argues that while medicine cannot always cure, it can always heal by reducing suffering, preserving dignity, and putting patients at the centre of their care. Dr Fellingham is a consultant anaesthetist, palliative medicine advanced trainee, and WA Board director for VAD Australia and New Zealand (VADANZ), the peak body representing excellence in VAD care. As an active
Episode 26 – Sandra’s journey to access VAD (opens the original)
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This year, Sandra was diagnosed with the same aggressive lung cancer that took her father's life. Having spent thirteen years as an ambulance clinician and watched her father suffer through chemotherapy, she understood exactly what aggressive treatment would cost her — and chose a different path. Sandra speaks with Dr Laureen Lawlor-Smith about weighing an oncologist's optimism against her own clinical experience, the compassionate and thorough support she found through South Australia's Volunta
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