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AAP
Politics
Noah Secomb

Labor keeps voluntary assisted dying services offline

Doctors are prevented from providing euthanasia services over the phone or via telehealth. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians seeking voluntary assisted dying care will have to keep travelling to in-person doctor visits after Labor shut down efforts to lift a ban on telehealth consultations.

Under current laws outlawing online material that incites suicide, doctors are prevented from providing euthanasia services over the phone or via telehealth.

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