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 MP Alex Greenwich would quickly turn into law have stalled. Earlier this week, the bill presented by Greenwich was referred to an upper house committee. Even though the bill is still likely to be debated in the lower house soon—if the government allocates the time to do so—nothing much more can happen until the upper house committee reports back in early February next year. Voluntary assisted dying is, in effect, “physician-assisted suicide,” but proponents dislike the use of the word “suicide.” A VAD law makes it lawful for someone, such as a physician, to …