Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke says he'll fight an attempt by the Medical Board of Australia to deregister him because it's based on a biased television report.
Dr Nitschke also claims Nigel Brayley, the Perth man the ABC says controversially died in May after communicating with him, was a serial killer who took his own life to avoid jail.
The doctor told media on Thursday he was seeking footage from the ABC to prove its report on Mr Brayley was biased. He has 48 hours after this to make his case to the MBA, he says.
Mr Brayley was not depressed, Dr Nitschke said before hosting an information session about voluntary suicide in Melbourne.
He said the 45-year-old died after taking euthanasia drug Nembutal because he feared he would be charged with his wife's murder.
He had attended an Exit International workshop about three months prior and purchased the banned Peaceful Pill eHandbook, written by Dr Nitschke.
Mr Brayley's former wife Lina, 37, died in February 2011 after she fell from the top of Perth's Statham's Quarry while taking photographs.
After Mr Brayley died, it was revealed he was being investigated for alleged involvement in her death.
Dr Nitschke says it was a "a clear case of rational suicide" and supported My Brayley's right for access to the information and drugs.
* Readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467.
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