'The longer this drags out, the longer people suffer': Advocates for Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill

VAD: Abbey Egan, pictured holding a photo of her late partner, Jayde Britton, whose last days were "horrific". Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

THE Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has cleared its first hurdle in the upper house, but a series of "amendments" will still have to be debated before the legislation can become law.

NSW is the only state in Australia that does not allow assisted dying for terminally ill people. But it is one step closer after the NSW upper house voted to progress the bill to the next stage of the parliamentary process on Wednesday.