Victoria one step closer to historic voluntary euthanasia laws

Members move around the chamber as they vote on an amendment to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 as it is debated in the lower house at the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne, Thursday, October 19, 2017. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

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Victoria may soon be the first state in Australia to legalise voluntary euthanasia. The Assisted Dying Bill passed the Lower House on Thursday after a prolonged overnight debate. If it gets through the next stage of the Upper House, terminally ill people over the age of 18, in severe pain and with only a year to live would be able to access lethal drugs.



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