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 However, the Australian federal government overturned this: only 9 months after the act came into effect, it was repealed by the federal parliament.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. Using gas is 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.
Northern Territory Government Attorney-General, Marie-Clare Boothby, has written to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (LCAC) to request an inquiry into last year’s ‘Voluntary Assisted
In August last year an expert panel recommended, after extensive consultation – that the NT should legislate for voluntary assisted dying. The Territory was the
In August, the Restoring Territory Rights Bill passed the House of Representatives. Last night, also the Australian Senate passed the Restoring Territory Rights Bill! With this
