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ACT to Give Nurses, Counsellors the Power to Start Euthanasia Talks With Terminal Patients

The bill will also allow patients to consider assisted suicide even if they are not predicted to die within the next 12 months.
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ACT to Give Nurses, Counsellors the Power to Start Euthanasia Talks With Terminal Patients
A resident in the wheelchair makes his way on a floor in a senior living facility. Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images
By Daryl Vandenberg
10/31/2023Updated: 10/31/2023
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Flexible assisted dying laws have been introduced in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) following the federal government’s earlier move to give the jurisdiction power to legislate over these matters.
“The ACT’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill is a carefully planned model based on consultation with the community and lessons learned from all six states in Australia, which have already brought in voluntary assisted dying laws,” said ACT Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury.
Daryl Vandenberg
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Daryl Vandenberg is a journalist based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He is a former news anchor for Canadian radio stations Moose FM, 99.1 FM Ontario, and Newcap Radio.
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