NT politician proposes amendments to own party's VAD bill

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How it spread - 9 original reports

1. Fri, 14 August 2026

   1 report
   • ABC News (Australia)06:31first to reportedited after publishing
     NT politician proposes amendments to own party's VAD bill

     previouslyNT MLA proposes changes to own party's bill to legalise VAD

     A Northern Territory government backbencher will move amendments to his own party's long-awaited bill to introduce voluntary assisted dying in the Territory to make it "consistent with best practice".

2. Wed, 19 August 2026

   1 report
   • ABC News (Australia)23:22
     CLP fielding slew of amendments to VAD bill from its own backbenchers

     Last month, the NT government all but guaranteed laws to introduce voluntary assisted dying would pass in parliament, but a week out from a conscience vote, several CLP backbenchers have proposed amendments to the bill.

3. Mon, 24 August 2026

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   • perthnow.com.au19:02edited after publishing
     Assisted dying clause gagging doctors defended

     previouslyAssisted dying clause gagging doctors set to be debated

     The only Australian jurisdiction yet to legalise end-of-life choice is debating a voluntary assisted dying bill facing multiple proposed amendments.

4. Wed, 26 August 2026

   2 reports
   • ABC News (Australia)06:57
     'Clearly wrong': Division erupts as NT government politicians clash over VAD

     During debate about the Northern Territory government's voluntary assisted dying bill in parliament, backbencher Tanzil Rahman has accused his colleagues of being inauthentic and of deliberately mischaracterising the debate.

   • ABC News (Australia)20:52edited after publishing
     VAD laws expected to pass NT parliament today, legalising practice nation-wide

     previouslyTerminally ill Territorians could soon have the right to dying legally

     Voluntary assisted dying laws are expected to pass the Northern Territory Parliament today, in a move that will legalise the practice across Australia.

5. Thu, 27 August 2026

   2 reports
   • ABC News (Australia)12:41
     Voluntary assisted dying legal nation-wide after laws pass NT parliament

     Voluntary assisted dying laws have passed the Northern Territory Parliament tonight, in a move that will legalise the practice across Australia.

   • ABC News (Australia)21:21edited after publishing
     Widow of man who died in a 'cruel' way says NT's new VAD laws are 'very weak'

     previouslyWidow says NT's new VAD laws will still leave people in 'cruel' situations

     The widow of a man who died with a rare neurodegenerative disease says the Northern Territory's new voluntary assisted dying laws are "very weak" and will fail many who need them. She is calling for a 12-month prognosis requirement and a so-called gag clause on health professionals to be removed.

6. Sat, 29 August 2026

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   • ABC News (Australia)01:29edited after publishing
     'Very conservative': Advocates, critics react to NT's new VAD legislation

     previously'Can't say you'll die in 12 months': Questions on VAD access in the NT

     Dr Philip Nitschke, who helped a terminal cancer patient through the world's first legal voluntary assisted dying process 30 years ago, welcomes the NT's new laws, but concerns remain about how prognosis will be factored in.

7. Mon, 31 August 2026

   1 report
   • ABC News (Australia)19:30
     New pressure on PM to allow telehealth for voluntary assisted dying

     South Australia has become the first state to formally urge the Commonwealth to change a federal law preventing doctors from using telehealth in voluntary assisted dying (VAD).