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Lloyd Jones

Voluntary assisted dying to be legal across Australia

Voluntary assisted dying may soon be legal in every Australian state and territory. (Peter Rae/AAP PHOTOS)

The only jurisdiction in Australia disallowing voluntary assisted dying is set to approve it after a parliamentary committee ruled in favour of reinstating laws struck down 30 years ago.

The Northern Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to make voluntary euthanasia legal in 1995, but the laws were quickly overturned by the Howard government.

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