Tasmania will become the third Australian state to legalise euthanasia after the law was approved by the state Parliament’s upper house on Tuesday night. It comes as state-level parliamentarians across the country continue to push for the practice to be legalised. The Tasmanian upper house’s vote comes just weeks after the lower house approved the End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill on March 5, by a margin of 16-6. Premier Peter Gutwein and Deputy Jeremy Rockliff of the right-leaning Liberal Party-backed the law, despite voting against similar legislation three years ago. The End-of-Life Choices Bill is expected to be active in 18 months and is the fourth attempt at implementing the practice in the island state, after failed attempts in 2009, 2013, and 2017. Similar legislation already exists in Western Australia and Victoria, which was the first state to do so. Meanwhile, members of Parliament (MP) in other domestic jurisdictions continue …