A euthanasia advocate who failed to disclose three overseas murder convictions has been censured and had his registration cancelled.
Sean Davison applied to the Medical Sciences Council for registration as a medical laboratory scientist in 2017.
As part of the application, he admitted to a conviction relating to the attempted suicide of his terminally ill mother, Patricia Davison.
In 2006, Davison administered a lethal dose of morphine to his mother, after she had repeatedly asked for help in ending her own life.
It was a case that made headlines in 2011, and at the time, sparked calls for euthanasia legislation. Read more