00:00On the balcony where she sat with her soulmate for the last time, Liz remembers her fiancé.
00:09A coffee addict, a really dedicated engineer, a lover of bees.
00:15Alex Blaine chose to end his life after a battle with Ewing's sarcoma,
00:20a rare and deadly cancer when he was 28.
00:24No medicine, no therapy gave Alex as much energy and dignity and control as his experience of being approved to use the voluntary assisted dying medication.
00:37Do you pass all the people and say aye? Aye.
00:39In a late sitting, Upper House MPs passed changes to make it easier for terminally ill patients like Alex to access life-ending drugs.
00:48The amendments include removing a gag clause for doctors to raise the topic with patients.
00:53Those with neurodegenerative diseases not needing a third prognosis if their expected lifespan is between 6 and 12 months.
01:01And requirements for health professionals who conscientiously object to share minimum information.
01:07The effects that this can have on people's lives are troubling.
01:14This is within the scope of practice of medical professionals to have these sorts of conversations with patients.
01:22Victoria led the country in 2017, when it became the first state to pass laws to give terminally ill patients the option to die with dignity.
01:32Since then, over 1,600 people have made decisions about their death.
01:37The government says these changes are designed to bring Victoria into line with other states.
01:41MPs were given a rare conscience vote on the matter, with some saying their views had changed since the legislation was first introduced.
01:49Those most familiar with the laws want change.
01:52He would be really comforted to know that other people will be helped the same way he was.
01:57So he would be able to help us.
01:58So he can talk with everybody else was in the country in the country as an example.
02:02So in the country, we want to bear a little bit of knowledge with our cooks.
02:03If you have a great job, you want to take a look at this execution.
02:05The one of the most, the one of the most, the one of the most, the one of the most, the most, the other people,
02:07is telling you where the most people are.
02:08About ten years ago, you have a healthy life country.
02:09And then in your mind, the rest is the same place.
02:10And again, this time of the most, the most people are in the world that you have as long as you have one of the most,
02:13of the most, the most, the most, the most, the most people are working to the most, of the most, the most public.
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