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Tim James is vying for the seat of Willoughby in next month’s NSW byelection that will choose a successor to the outgoing MP and former premier, who resigned amid a corruption inquiry.
In a major victory for democracy, Suzanne James reports that the NSW lower house has passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill after decades of public debate and community protest.
A conscience debate has ended in a convincing vote for voluntary assisted dying laws in the NSW parliament's lower house. The inquiry is to be presented to upper house in December.
The NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 was due to go to a lower house vote. However, a small but increasingly isolated group of MPs have proposed a host of last-minute amendments to delay its passage, reports Suzanne James.
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passed by 53 votes to 36 in a second reading vote in the NSW Legislative Assembly on Thursday evening.