Cross-party group to introduce bill to Senate that recognises the rights of the territories to allow voluntary euthanasia A bill which would restore the upright of the Northern Territory,Australian Capital Territory and Norfolk Island to allow voluntary euthanasia is set to be introduced to the federal Senate this week.
Almost 20 years after the Howard government and then-backbencher Kevin Andrews introduced legislation which essentially cancelled the NT’s voluntary euthanasia laws, a group of federal politicians, and calling themselves the “parliamentary friends of dying with dignity” are pushing to overturn it.
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Source: theguardian.com