Once a world leader on voluntary assisted dying, advocates say the Northern Territory is now lagging behind the rest of Australia.
But she confirmed this week her government is not progressing legislation at this stage.Naomi Oliver's father in a photo of a photo taken on Wednesday March 15, 2023.
"In terms of that issue, it will be something we consider … potentially after the next election," Ms Fyles said this week. "We've got a very busy legislative schedule, and key priorities. We certainly think it's important, and we'll continue to work in that space."High-profile former physician and euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke told the ABC he has reached out to the territory government to discuss how it plans to move forward on the issue.Dr Philip Nitschke has a heated interview with an ABC reporter at a community centre in eastern Melbourne on July 17, 2014.
Mr Nitschke said the territory government was "sitting on its hands" and described the plan to leave reform until after the next election as "weak and cowardly"."What you're going to see is people that are even feeling that this might be an issue, making plans to leave the territory and go to a place that they would argue, and I would agree, is more civilised.
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