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Marty Silk

Queenslanders now have the right to die

Voluntary-assisted dying laws now apply for some patients with a terminal illness in Queensland. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Terminally ill Queenslanders are able to ask for medically-assisted death at a time of their choosing after the state's voluntary-assisted dying scheme came into effect.

State parliament voted to legalise voluntary-assisted dying in September 2021 after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk took to the policy to the 2020 election.

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