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Voluntary assisted dying: update

NSW became the last state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying when new legislation came into effect in November.

Published: 5 August 2024
  • nsw
  • 5 August 2024
  • The Guardian

More than 130 patients have died through New South Wales’s voluntary assisted dying program in the first three months since it was legalised.

An interim report from the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Board has now been released and takes stock of how the new laws are working so far.

Read more as reported by The Guardian.