Fiona Stewart (author)

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Fiona J. Stewart
Born (1966-05-15) 15 May 1966 (age 59)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationAuthor
Education Monash University (B.A.)
La Trobe University (M.A., Ph.D.)
CDU (LL.B)
Subject Generation X, Feminism, Human sexuality
Spouse Philip Nitschke
Website
Exit International

Fiona Stewart is an Australian author and former executive director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International (2004-7). She is co-author with her husband, euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke, of two books about euthanasia. She now vets people for eligibility to join Exit, calling herself "the door bitch". [1]

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Early life and education

Fiona Stewart was born in Melbourne, Victoria, [2] and attended at Lauriston Girls' School. [3]

She received her BA from Monash University in 1987 followed by a Graduate Diploma in Public Policy (Melbourne University) in 1992, Master of Policy and Law (La Trobe University) in 1994[ citation needed ] and her Ph.D. in health sciences from La Trobe [4] in 1998.[ citation needed ]

She graduated from Charles Darwin University Law School [4] in 2015.[ citation needed ] She earned a distinction for her honours research thesis on rational suicide and testamentary capacity, which is "a person's legal and mental capacity to make a valid will". [4]

Career

Stewart authored a series of papers on feminism, gender and human sexuality in the 1990s. [5] [6] [7] She then changed to writing opinion columns for the media on Generation X and feminism. [8]

Stewart worked as an opinion writer for The Age , The Australian , and other Australian papers and media outlets, [9] [10] and as an online learning consultant with Dale Spender. [11] [12]

In 2002, Stewart founded the short-lived consumer complaints website Notgoodenough.org, [13] [14] where she was active in promoting the consumer standpoint and criticising big businesses such as Telstra, the national carrier. [15]

She has participated widely in Australian public debate on varied current affairs issues. [8] [16]

Euthanasia

Steward met euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke at the Brisbane Festival of Ideas in 2001 during the Late Night Live debate "There's no such thing as a new idea". [17]

She worked with Nitschke on The Peaceful Pill eHandbook and in Exit International. [4] She was executive director of the Exit International from 2004 to 2007.[ citation needed ]

In the 2014 Victorian election she stood for the Upper House for the Voluntary Euthanasia Party but was not elected, with the party receiving only 0.49% of first preference votes. [18] [19]

Personal life

Stewart married Philip Nitschke around 2009. [4]

Books

Stewart is the co-author of three books:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A design for death: meeting the bad boy of the euthanasia movement" . The Economist. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Famous People Throughout History". MyHeritage. 15 May 1966. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Lathams Alumni Hit List". 29 March 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Stewart, Fiona (23 August 2014). "Philip Nitschke's wife, Fiona Stewart, on being the 'woman behind the man'" (Interview). Interviewed by Dovey, Ceridwen. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015. I wanted to know more about Fiona Stewart, his partner of 13 years...
  5. ↑ Stewart, Fiona J.; Rosenthal, Doreen A. (1997). "RURAL AND URBAN FEMALE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS AND USE OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES". Australian Journal of Rural Health. 5 (3): 126–131. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1584.1997.tb00253.x. ISSN   1038-5282 . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Stewart, Fiona J.; Mischewski, Anton; Smith, Anthony M. A. (2000). "'I want to do what I want to do': Young adults resisting sexual identities". Critical Public Health. 10 (4): 409–422. doi:10.1080/09581590010005340. ISSN   0958-1596 . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Stewart, Fiona (1999). ""Once you get a reputation, your life's like … 'wrecked'"". Women's Studies International Forum. 22 (3). Elsevier BV: 373–383. doi:10.1016/s0277-5395(99)00030-8. ISSN   0277-5395.
  8. 1 2 "Generation Xcluded". 21 December 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Swimming Upstream – Moira Rayner and Fiona Stewart talking feminism" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Fiona Stewart". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Stewart, Fiona; Dale (15 March 2002). "Fiona Stewart and Dale Spender". Online Opinion. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "e-Learning: The new challenge in education". Commonwealth Bank . Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dr Fiona Stewart" . Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Griffin, Michelle (15 March 2002). "And another thing..." The Age . Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  15. ↑ Arnold, Wayne (30 September 2004). "In Australia, Tug of War Over Privatizing Phone Giant". New York Times . Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Women and Power: A Public Forum". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 26 January 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "From "Ideas At The Powerhouse" Festival in Brisbane 16-19 August, 2001". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 24 October 2001. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "2014 state election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "Fiona Stewart". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Internet Communication and Qualitative Research" . Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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