DWDQ would like to invite you to the DWDQ Annual General Meeting and Special General Meeting to be held on Friday 16 October 2026, starting at 10:30am.
You must be a DWDQ member or supporter to attend. If you are not currently a DWDQ member or supporter, go to the JOIN US tab and sign up. There is no cost to become a supporter.
The meetings will be held at Toowong Library Meeting Rooms, and virtually by Zoom.
The library meeting room is on the first floor of the Toowong Shopping Centre, easily accessible by train or bus, with plenty of parking.
The AGM (reports and election of committee) will be followed by the Special General Meeting (consideration of revised Constitution), and the committee members will then be available for a question-and-answer session.
If you wish to attend either personally, or virtually, please RSVP to the DWDQ Secretary [email protected] and state whether you will be there in person or virtually.
You will then be sent the following docs:
- Agenda
- Draft Minutes of AGM 2025
- Nomination form
- Apology and Proxy form
- President’s Report
- Treasurer’s Report
- Draft Constitution
RSVPs must be received by 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday 7/10/2026
If you choose to attend virtually, you will be emailed a link to join the Zoom meeting on the morning of the meeting.
In-person attendance from 10 am. Zoom attendance from 10.15 am.
We are hoping for a good attendance
Kate Kunzelmann - President
Dying with Dignity Queensland
0419 709 775 or [email protected] (enquiries by email preferred)
August 2026 - The Federal government has blocked a crossbench attempt to allow telehealth to be used in voluntary assisted dying care – despite strong support for the measure at last month’s Labor national conference.
Shortly after parliament resumed following its winter break, Western Australian Federal MP Kate Chaney moved to bring on her private member’s bill for debate and a vote. This would amend the criminal law so telehealth consultations on VAD would no longer be regarded as providing advice on suicide, which breaches the current Federal law.
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Changes are supported by the Australian Medical Association, the Law Council, VAD regulatory bodies, 20 health organisations, and state attorneys-general and health ministers. She outlined individual instances where the availability of telehealth could have alleviated suffering.
Seconding Chaney’s move another teal, Monique Ryan, a medical doctor, said that “There is no good reason for delay.”
The ALP national conference said Labor would remove the bar on telehealth “as part of lawful access to voluntary assisted dying […] while maintaining appropriate clinical safeguards”.
The conference said there should be a conscience vote on VAD issues. But the government does not give its MPs free votes on procedural issues, so all Labor members were bound to vote against the Chaney move.
While Labor conference decisions are formally binding, details of implementation and timing are up to the parliamentary party, so in practice they can be easily dodged.
The government and opposition combined to quash the Chaney move in a vote 74-12.
The battle over telehealth will now turn to the Senate where Greens Sarah Hanson-Young will now introduce a private senator’s bill.
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Queensland Health VAD reports
During the six months from 1 January to 30 June 2023, 245 Queenslanders died following the administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance.
From 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, 793 Queenslanders died following the administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance.
From 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, 1,072 Queenslanders died following administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance.
Queenslanders will be invited to lodge a submission about the current VAD legislation and request changes.
Item 154 on page 102 of The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 says:
- The Minister must review the effectiveness of this Act as soon as practicable after the end of 3 years after the commencement.
- The review must include a review of the eligibility criteria.
- As soon as practicable after finishing the review, the Minister must table a report about its outcome in the Legislative Assembly