. "2017-10-20"^^ . "Kathy Eagar"@en . . "Current"@en . . . "To provide for and regulate access to voluntary assisted dying"@en . . "right"@en . "On 29 November 2017, Victoria became the first Australian state to pass legislation allowing assisted suicide. The law gives anyone suffering a terminal illness, with less than six months to live, the right to end their life. The law had an 18-month implementation period, and came into effect on 19 June 2019."@en . . . "Legislative Council"@en . "2017-09-20"^^ . . "--12-05"^^ . . . . "Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Victoria)"@en . . . . . "On 29 November 2017, Victoria became the first Australian state to pass legislation allowing assisted suicide. The law gives anyone suffering a terminal illness, with less than six months to live, the right to end their life. The law had an 18-month implementation period, and came into effect on 19 June 2019."@en . . . . "210"^^ . . "2017-11-29"^^ . "Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017"@en . . . . . . "2019-06-19"^^ . "61"^^ . . "They've been very careful and very cautious in the approach, but a lot of the people who've been very strong advocates for euthanasia are not people with a life expectancy of less than 12 months. They are people living with debilitating conditions for many, many years and they won't be eligible for voluntary assisted dying under the legislation... \"The conversation about, 'I am doing this because I want to make existential choices about the end of my life', that's a much harder conversation to have as a community, but it is the one we need.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Fact check: Has assisted dying been a legal slippery slope overseas?"@en . . . . "2017-10-18"^^ . "Voluntary Assisted Dying"@en . . . "The outcome of this parliamentary vote will cause anguish for some members of our profession, as well as the public... interventions that have as their primary intention the ending of a person's life"@en . . "19630"^^ . "1083007219"^^ . "55945310"^^ . . . "--11-22"^^ . . "2017-11-03"^^ . . . . . . . "2017-11-22"^^ . . . "2017-10-20"^^ . "Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017"@en . "Lorraine Baker"@en . .