00:00A call to action for the rights of the terminally ill.
00:05Today, a government-led parliamentary committee recommended voluntary assisted dying laws be redrafted 28 years after the NT's world first VAD laws were blocked by the then Howard government.
00:18And with another vote coming up, politicians should expect their inboxes to quickly fill.
00:23I certainly will be emailing my local member and I may write as well.
00:30I will be going to my local member and asking where she stands on this.
00:35I want to know whether she's worth voting for again.
00:40Tasked with seeking perspectives on voluntary assisted dying beyond the Territory's urban centres,
00:45the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee says it received nuanced and varied responses from Aboriginal people on the issue.
00:53If Munangar want to do that, then that is their choice.
00:55But we Aboriginal people, we have the belief that we should finish on our own.
01:00Like even if we are suffering and in so much pain, this is part of life for us.
01:05A panel member of a separate voluntary assisted dying inquiry commissioned by the previous government says she's pleased to see their findings vindicated.
01:14I was insulted for my other panel members when a minister said, oh, you only went up and down the track.
01:22You didn't consult properly and the majority of Territoryians don't want it.
01:26That's not what we found out at all.
01:29The latest inquiry recommends the NT join the ACT to become the only Australian jurisdictions with no time limit for access.
01:36The requirement for doctors to predict with some sort of accuracy that someone is within six or 12 months to the end of life is an extremely hard ask.
01:46It's hard because death isn't a predictable pattern.
01:50The government says it will progress the drafting of legislation, which is expected to be decided by a conscience vote,
01:57with government backbencher Laurie Zio today one of the first in the government to publicly declare their support.
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