A voluntary assisted dying (VAD) bill in Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will go through parliamentary inquiries. The NSW Legislative Council has begun the first out of three hearings from Wednesday, after a four-day long debate saw the proposed legislation, NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, passed the lower house 52-32 on Nov….

Commentary Supporters of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) are keen to push New South Wales (NSW) across the final frontier of euthanasia legalisation as quickly as possible. Currently, NSW is the only jurisdiction in Australia that has not yet passed a law granting the so-called “right to die,” but hopes that the VAD bill promoted by…

Independent member of Parliament Alex Greenwich has introduced a bill that will kick-off debate around legalising euthanasia in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW). Currently, NSW is the only state in the country—barring the territories—that has not legalised the practice. Greenwich, who represents the state-level electorate of Sydney—a progressive-leaning district—introduced the Voluntary Assisted…