Frost over the World - Assisted suicide - 18 Sep 09

A row has erupted in Australia over the treatment of the country's Aboriginal people. The government did promise a huge housing scheme to address chronic housing problems in Aboriginal communities, but a year on from this promise, not a single new house has been built. Last month, the UN criticised the Australian government over discriminatory regulations on alcohol and pornography imposed on Aboriginal communities. Nigel Scullion is an opposition senator in the Australian parliament and chairs the select committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities. He joins the show from Canberra. Also, it has been reported that more than 100 Britons have chosen to end their lives in Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. So, should people have the right to decide how and when they die? Sir David is joined by Dr Steve Field, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, and Edward Turner, the son of Dr Anne Turner, who ended her life in Switzerland's Dignitas clinic.