Does the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) Reflect Its Stated Policy Goals

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ID6174040
AuthorsBen White (0000-0003-3365-939X), Katrine Del Villar (0000-0002-5392-7622), Eliana Close (0000-0002-7359-3375), Lindy Willmott (0000-0002-9750-287X)
Year2020
Volume43
Issue2
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUniversity of New South Wales Law Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0313-0096 • E-ISSN: 1839-2881
PublisherUniversity of New South Wales Law Journal (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.53637/qeqj5610
OpenAlexW3033116882
LanguageEN
Citations received5

With the commencement of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) in June 2019, Victoria became the first Australian State to permit voluntary assisted dying. This article considers the extent to which this novel Act reflects its stated policy goals. The first part of the article identifies the purported policy goals of the Act. This analysis draws on the explanatory material accompanying the law, in particular the expert Ministerial Advisory Panel Report which shaped the law. The article then critically evaluates the extent to which key aspects of the Act reflect those identified policy goals. Overall, the article concludes that the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) is not consistent with its policy goals in some important respects

Economics · Management · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · State (computer science · Turnover · Voluntary association · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Public Administration

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