The Power of Choice

“They choose voluntary assisted dying because they want a good death and not a bad death.” – Richard Flanagan

Voluntary assisted dying became legal in all Australian states at the end of 2023 after a long campaign by advocates for its necessity and humanity.

In The Power of Choice, award-winning photographer Julian Kingma captures the real-life faces of the policy through intimate portraits of those who chose to use VAD. In this event, see photographs from the collection and hear a conversation between Julian and television producer and presenter Andrew Denton, who contributed to the book and founded the charity Go Gentle. With host Ashley Hay.