Multiple sclerosis may have stripped Loredana Mulhall of her ability to hold a microphone but it hasn't stopped her from running for the Senate.
Ms Mulhall was one of seven candidates at the launch of the Voluntary Euthanasia Party in Sydney on Monday.
"We need to know that when we do (die) that we are not distressed and we are considered valuable and that we have respect," said Ms Mulhall, who's running for a NSW senate seat.
The three month-old party has more than 2000 members and will run senate candidates in NSW, ACT and South Australia, as well as in the Northern Territory lower house seat of Solomon.
The party's deputy convenor, Dr Philip Nitschke, admitted the party would find it tough to get into the Senate in its first year but was encouraged by public support.
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"We have consistent polling showing most Australians want change so if they become terminally ill they should have access to lawful help to die," he told reporters.
"No state parliament has the courage to do it. The federal parliament has made it clear that the territories of the nation can't make such laws, so it needs to be changed."
Dr Nitschke said the party wasn't aligned to either the left or right but would ensure their senate preferences flowed to candidates in support of voluntary euthanasia.
All Greens candidates have officially endorsed voluntary euthanasia.
The party is yet to decide how preferences for the NT seat of Solomon will be distributed.
