Voluntary Euthanasia Party
The Voluntary Euthanasia Party (VEP) was a minor political party in Australia, founded in early 2013 by Corey McCann to advocate for legislative change to allow voluntary euthanasia in Australia. The party's inception was strongly supported by Dr Philip Nitschke, director of Exit International and Richard Mills, then President of Dying with Dignity NSW.
Voluntary Euthanasia Party | |
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| Abbreviation | VEP |
| Convenor | Kerry Bromson |
| Founders | Corey McCann Richard Mills Philip Nitschke |
| Founded | 1 June 2013 |
| Dissolved | March 2021 |
| Preceded by | Independent Voluntary Euthanasia |
| Merged into | Reason Australia |
| Ideology | Single-issue politics |
| Website | |
| http://vep.org.au (defunct) | |
The VEP was registered as a political party from June 2013 to March 2021, and had a federal branch as well as state branches in New South Wales and Victoria. In 2019, the New South Wales branch voted to become the branch of the Reason Party in that state, while the Victorian branch voluntarily de-registered in 2020 following that state's implementation of assisted suicide laws.
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