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The VE Bulletin Excerpts
'No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself' Rudyard Kipling
Greens to introduce private members bill
Australian Greens leader Dr Bob Brown has introduced a private members bill to legalise voluntary euthanasia in Australian National Territories. Entitled the 'Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill 2007', it is similar to the ROTI Act overturned by the Howard government in 1996, and will incorporate strong safeguards and the oversight of three doctors, including the patient's GP and a psychiatrist. The bill will apply to Australian external territories (such as Norfolk Island and Christmas Island), but not to the Northern Territory or ACT.
Reference:
‘Bob Brown introduces euthanasia Bill’, The Age 8th Feb 2007
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