Family members who have painfully lost loved ones to debilitating illnesses have thrown their support behind assisted dying laws in NSW.
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Volunteers from Dying with Dignity received signatures in support of change in Albury on Sunday.
Amongst those to sign were Kathie and Kevin Harmer.
Ms Harmer watched her father slowly die from emphysema and Alzeihmer's at Holbrook more than a decade ago.
The family received calls on multiple occasions to say Vic Kurrle was about to die, but he continued to suffer until the age of 72.
Ms Harmer said she was passionate about change.
It takes a lot of pain and suffering away from not only the people who are dying, but their families
- Kevin Harmer
"The experience with my father was horrible, just horrible," she said.
"It went on for years and then in the last four months, we rushed up there every time he was going to die and he didn't ... he just laid there.
"They knew he wasn't going to get any better and he was suffering.
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"You would have rathered them be able to put him to rest, I suppose you would say.
"He would have wanted it."
Mrs Harmer said she didn't want her son to go through something similar.
"I'd rather say goodbye," she said.
Mr Harmer said he also supported assisted dying.
"I believe you should be able to die humanely," he said.
"It takes a lot of pain and suffering away from not only the people who are dying, but their families.
Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich will introduce legislation into NSW Parliament later this year.
Similar legislation was last voted on in NSW in 2017 but failed to pass.
Victorians have had access to voluntary assisted dying since mid-2019.
Dying with Dignity volunteer Sharon Potocnik hopes members of parliament support the new legislation.
"A lot of people have said members of their family have had a terrible death and how terrible it was they were put through that," she said.
"People are also saying that when they need this, if they need this, they want it to be there for them.
"It's in Wodonga but not here."
The local group started about three weeks ago and Ms Potocnik said there had been good support.