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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

NSW passes voluntary assisted dying bill, joins rest of Australia

As we report today, a bill allowing Voluntary Assisted Dying has passed through both houses of the NSW parliament.

This private member's bill introduced last year by Sydney MP Alex Greenwich (Independent) follows earlier unsuccessful efforts by Lake Macquarie Independent Greg Piper, in 2013, and former Nationals MLC Trevor Khan, in 2017. It brings NSW into line with the rest of Australia's states and territories.

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