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Dominic Giannini

Territories given euthanasia voting rights

The ACT and Northern Territory will be able to make laws on voluntary assisted dying for the first time in a quarter-century in what's being hailed as a historic moment.

Former and current territory politicians heralded in the vote at Parliament House.

"The arc of history bends toward justice," ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said, quoting Martin Luther King Jr.

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