Many Australians aspire to have some control over the timing and manner of their death if they are faced with an incurable disease that will bring about a painful end.
Victoria remains the only jurisdiction where you can seek assistance to die if you have a terminal illness.
But Western Australian laws will come into force next year and Queensland’s re-elected Labor government looks set to put voluntary assisted dying legislation to a conscience vote in 2021.
All laws are taking different approaches. What can other states learn from Victoria?
Guests:
Dr Camille La Brooy, Research Fellow and Senior Study Coordinator of the VAD Research Project at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University
Tanya Battel, Brisbane-based voluntary assisted dying activist living with incurable Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer
David Muir, Chair of the Clem Jones Trust
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