Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion.
Issues backgrounder 03/2017 by Lenny Roth and Matthew Dobson
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A draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 was released in NSW on 16 May 2017. This updated issues backgrounder canvasses recent proposed reforms in Australia: Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. The paper also outlines recent developments and studies in countries that allow euthanasia and assisted suicide.
