Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults. Why, and could that change?

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Almost three years ago, Independent MP Kate Chaney pushed to amend federal laws that ban telecommunications services from being used to incite suicide, so that patients wishing to access voluntary assisted dying appointments could do so via telehealth. It went nowhere, with the bill lapsing. The issue is now back on the political agenda. The Labor national conference, which closed on 25 July, voted to repeal the law and to give Labor MPs a conscience vote on the issue, only for the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, to say the government might not progress the laws though parliament. He said while he supports voluntary assisted dying, also known as VAD, he…

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