I understand the capacity issue. But why can’t I as a person with capacity make a judgment call on my own situation? Why can’t I specify in my Personal Action Plan that if in some future time I decline physically or mentally to an acute non 

-functioning, non-cognitive state, that VAD be entitled under my carer arrangements.  

Of course here in the NT we have a tardy government that sees no reason to be in any hurry to reinstate the entitlement we lost close to three decades ago. 

I have read that in Victoria where VAD is one of the very few pieces of sensible legislation passed in recent years, well over 2,000 people have opted for VAD under legislated entitlement. I’d be willing to bet pounds to peanut shells, that some of those choosing to pass, did so for reasons of cognitive incapacity and not just physical incapability.

I don’t like that my only option is suicide.