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A Victorian mum has become the first to use the state's euthanasia laws

A Bendigo mother has become the first Victorian to use the state's new Voluntary Assisted Dying Act.

Kerry Robertson (centre) with her daughters Jacqui Hicks and Nicole Robertson. Mrs Robertson has become the first Victorian to end her life under the new law.

Kerry Robertson (centre) with her daughters Jacqui Hicks and Nicole Robertson. Mrs Robertson has become the first Victorian to end her life under the new law. Source: Go Gentle Australia

A mother-of-three has become the first person in Victoria to end her life under the state's new voluntary assisted dying laws, with her children describing her "peaceful" death as the "beautiful, positive experience" she would have wanted.

Kerry Robertson, 61, died at a nursing home in Bendigo on 15 July, having battled breast cancer for almost a decade.

She was the first person to be granted the permit to end her life, having visited her specialist the day legislation came into effect on 19 June. 

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