After 50 years of advocacy and polls consistently showing up to 80% support, Voluntary Assisted Dying is finally to become law in NSW. Suzanne James reports.
The NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill is heading back into the NSW Legislative Council this week, and advocates are urging MPs not to give ground to hostile amendments. Suzanne James reports.
Dying With Dignity NSW and Go Gentle Australia and supporters of the voluntary assisted dying bill have pressed the case outside the NSW parliament. Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter report.
In a major victory for democracy, Suzanne James reports that the NSW lower house has passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill after decades of public debate and community protest.
The NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 was due to go to a lower house vote. However, a small but increasingly isolated group of MPs have proposed a host of last-minute amendments to delay its passage, reports Suzanne James.