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Victoria may soon have assisted dying laws for terminally ill patients

  • Written by Ben White, Professor of Law and Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology

An independent group of experts set up by the Victorian government has today delivered its final report outlining 66 recommendations for how voluntary assisted dying would work in the state.

Chaired by former head of the Australian Medical Association, Brian Owler, the Ministerial Advisory Panel’s role was to work out how legislation should...

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