Labor Party Backs Telehealth for Voluntary Assisted Dying and Conscience Vote

Albo won’t support move backed by ALP

Anthony Albanese has warned he won’t support the rollout of telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consultations despite the Australian Labor Party conference backing the move.

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Labor promises conscience vote in debate over telehealth for assisted dying

Voluntary assisted dying was the only issue that had attracted official dissenting remarks on the conference floor by Friday afternoon.

Labor Moves to Lift Telehealth Ban on Euthanasia Consultations

The Labor Party has backed the removal of legal barriers preventing the use of end-of-life procedures via telehealth, and changed its constitution to allow members to cast a conscience vote.  An amendment passed at the party’s national conference in Adelaide on July 24 and clears the way to remove a 30-year-old provision in the federal Criminal Code that effectively bans telehealth consultations on voluntary assisted dying. Moving the amendment,…

Deeply divided Labor MPs to vote on VAD over Zoom access

Labor MPs will be offered a conscience vote on allowing Australians to access voluntary assisted dying via telehealth, after a rare debate exposed divisions in the party.

Labor backs telehealth for voluntary assisted dying

Labor says legal barriers preventing telehealth use in voluntary assisted dying should be removed, as it also resolves to allow a conscience vote on the issue.