In the Northern Territory, euthanasia has been legal for a short time (1997-1998). However, the Australian federal government overturned this: only 9 months after the act came into effect, it was repealed by the federal parliament. Human rights law exists at Federal level and covers the Territories.
Territories now, unlike the states in Australia, no longer have the authority to pass such laws. Movement toward illegal importation of Nembutal becoming more common. Suicide using gas also becoming popular. At this moment, legislators in the Northern Territory are seeking to get their freedom back.
It is possible to stop treatment and to use advance directives in situations where a person is no longer able to communicate. There are also schemes in the field of palliative sedation.
The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act was the first voluntary euthanasia law in the world. It has been in effect for only 9 months: from the 10th of December 1997 to September 1998.
This October, Federal Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has said again that the Commonwealth has no plans to overturn the ban on territories having the right to
On Sunday 22 September 1996, at around 3pm, the 66-year old Bob Dent (suffering from prostate cancer) pressed the ‘YES’ button on the Deliverance Euthanasia
The Northern Territory in Australia has launched a bid to be allowed to decide its own fate on the issue of voluntary euthanasia. Territory Chief
