WA grandmother tells why she chose voluntary assisted dying

Western Australia this month became just the second Australian state to introduce voluntary assisted dying for terminally ill patients. And this week an Aboriginal grandmother became one of the first to die under the program, and spoke to SBS News about her decision the day before she died. A warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the following story contains the name of a person who has died.

A portrait of Mary-Ellen Passmore in better times Source: SBS