Members of the New South Wales (NSW) Legislative Council will progress to a final vote on the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill this week, as the debate over amendments resumes from Tuesday.
A number of politicians, unions, charity organisations and pro-euthanasia groups on Tuesday gathered together to urge upper house members to support the bill.
Under the bill, those with incurable medical conditions who have less than six months to live or 12 months for neurodegenerative diseases will be allowed to end their own lives. If the legislation is passed, it will make NSW the last state in Australia to legalise euthanasia.
Last week, the upper house passed the bill at the second reading stage in a 20 to 17 vote, with four supporters of the bill absent. Some 46 amendments were made to the bill before it passed in the lower house with a majority of 20 votes….