Victoria one step closer to historic voluntary euthanasia laws

Members move around the chamber for the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017

Members move around the chamber as they vote on an amendment to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP

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. Image: Members in the chamber as they vote on an amendment to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 as its debated in the lower house of the Victorian Parliament (AAP)

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Published 23 October 2017 9:02am

Updated 16 August 2022 10:26am

By Gareth Boreham, Amanda Copp

Presented by Annalyn Violata

Source: SBS

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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. Image: Members in the chamber as they vote on an amendment to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 as its debated in the lower house of the Victorian Parliament (AAP)

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.