The NT pioneered voluntary euthanasia before the law was overruled. Now there is a campaign to restore it SatSaturday 9 JanJanuary 2021 at 6:59pm Sharon Cramp-Oliver, pictured with her husband Spud, said if voluntary euthanasia was legal, her mum may not have died alone. ( Share Print text only Sharon Cramp-Oliver has boxes full of her mum's old diaries. In them, 77-year-old Liz Holmes wrote about the adventures of her three children, what made the nightly news and — in the years leading up to her death — the unbearable pain she experienced and detailed plans to end her own life. WARNING: This story contains content that some readers may find distressing.