Call for regular vote on euthanasia bill

ACT senator David Pocock said the vote would be on rights to legislate, rather than assisted dying. (AAP)

Independent ACT senator David Pocock says federal Labor should not hold a conscience vote on whether to allow the ACT and Northern Territory rights to legislate on voluntary assisted dying.

Senator Pocock spoke against a conscience vote because it would be deciding on those territories' rights to pass their own laws, rather than a vote on voluntary assisted dying itself.