The NT pioneered voluntary euthanasia before the law was overruled. Now there is a campaign to restore it
ABCSharon Cramp-Oliver has boxes full of her mum's old diaries. Doctors maintain objections as political pressure mounts Australian Medical Association NT branch president Robert Parker said while he wanted the NT to have the power to make its own laws on assisted dying, the AMA believed doctors should not be involved in interventions which had the "primary intention" of ending someone's life. And this year, with Queensland and Tasmania set to debate similar laws and a bill on voluntary assisted dying tabled in SA Parliament, the Northern Territory's Federal Labor Member for Solomon, Luke Gosling, says his office has been discussing a bill to "restore the rights of Territorians to legislate on euthanasia" with his counterparts in the ACT. NT Country Liberal Party Senator Sam McMahon has backed the call to allow the Territory to make its own laws about assisted dying, and said — given the right regulatory framework — she was "fully supportive" of voluntary euthanasia. Mr Perron said as other states legislated assisted dying, it became more "absurd" that the Northern Territory — the pioneer of assisted dying laws in Australia — was denied the right to decide for itself about the issue.
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Proposed assisted dying bill for England and Wales rekindles debate over choice and ethics
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Public Opinion Shifting: UK Lawmakers Considering Assisted Dying Choice
The HinduCan you still access voluntary assisted dying laws if you've been living elsewhere for a decade or more?
ABCShould Australia allow voluntary assisted dying for people without a terminal illness?
ABCThe ACT's proposed voluntary assisted dying laws have yet to be introduced, but could be the most liberal in the country
ABCVoluntary assisted dying scheme becomes available to eligible patients in South Australia
ABCVoluntary assisted dying is now legal in Tasmania but for some, the wait remains
ABCCommonwealth's 25-year-old ban on euthanasia laws in ACT and Northern Territory likely to end
ABCScott Morrison confirms Coalition won't allow NT and ACT a right to vote on voluntary assisted dying if re-elected
ABCNSW stands alone on voluntary euthanasia after historic bill passed in Queensland
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Another Australian state legalizes voluntary euthanasia
Associated PressVoluntary assisted dying law passes South Australia's Parliament on way to becoming law
ABCQueensland government to introduce voluntary assisted dying legislation into parliament next week
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