Tasmania on verge of euthanasia laws

By Ethan James
Updated December 4 2020 - 3:29pm, first published 3:25pm
Premier Peter Gutwein is one of six Liberal MPs who have voted to legalise voluntary assisted dying.
Premier Peter Gutwein is one of six Liberal MPs who have voted to legalise voluntary assisted dying.

Tasmania appears set to become the third Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying with the legislation gaining broad support in the state's lower house.

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