Tag: Voluntary Assisted Dying
View from The Hill: House vote on allowing territories to legalise voluntary assisted dying likely this week
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In 1997, Tony Burke was a high profile organiser mustering support to quash a law that had been passed in the Northern...
What happens if you want access to voluntary assisted dying but your nursing home won’t let you?
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Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in all Australian states. There is also widespread community support for it.
Yet some residential institutions, such as hospices and aged-care...
Voluntary assisted dying is one step closer in NSW. Now the negotiation starts
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New South Wales is moving closer to legalising voluntary assisted dying. But there are...
Voluntary assisted dying will be debated in NSW parliament this week. Here’s what to expect
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Voluntary assisted dying has been available to eligible Victorians for more than two years, and to Western Australians since July 2021. Laws...
Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying scheme is challenging and complicated. Some people die while they wait
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Voluntary assisted dying laws, which allow terminally ill people who meet strict eligibility criteria to end their life, have been operating in...
We don’t know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready
On June 19, Victoria will become the first state in Australia
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Voluntary assisted dying becomes a lawful choice for Victorians...