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Laws regarding euthanasia or assisted suicide in Australia are matters for state and territory governments. As of June 2024 all states and the Australian Capital Territory have passed legislation creating an assisted suicide and euthanasia scheme for eligible individuals. These laws typically refer to the practices as "voluntary assisted dying".
Prominent campaigners for voluntary assisted dying or euthanasia in Western Australia include Clive Deverall and David Goodall. Deverall was a prominent euthanasia campaigner who took his own life in March 2017, after suffering from cancer. [2] Goodall was a Perth-based academic who, in 2018, travelled to Switzerland to end his own life.
Euthanasia was briefly legal in the Northern Territory under the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995. In 1997, the Australian Federal Government overrode the Northern Territory legislation through the introduction of the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997; however, this was repealed in December 2022 with the passing of Restoring Territory Rights Act. [68]
Physician assisted suicide is currently legal in all Australian states: New South Wales, [98] Victoria, [110] South Australia, Western Australia, [111] Tasmania [112] and Queensland. [113] It remains illegal in all Australian territories, however the Australian Capital Territory plans to legalise this by 2024, [ 114 ] and the Northern Territory ...
An Act to provide for and regulate access to voluntary assisted dying, to establish the Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board, to make consequential amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996, the Coroners Act 2008, the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, the Health Records Act 2001, the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016, the Pharmacy ...
While euthanasia remains illegal, assisted suicide, as long as done without a selfish motive, is allowed under Swiss law which has led to the opening of several assisted suicide clinics in the ...
As euthanasia is a health issue, under the Australian constitution this falls to state and territory governments to legislate and manage. Euthanasia was legal within the Northern Territory during parts of 1996–1997 as a result of the territory parliament passing Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 .
Animal humane societies give alternatives to euthanasia. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 ...