Northern Territory Euthanasia Collection - Why does the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Act not revive when the Andrews Act is repealed?
Alternative collection title
Brief-RTIA-Revival-5-Jul-18
Date range (approx.)
5 Jul 2018
Scope and contents
Brief by Marshall Perron countering the wrongfully held belief that the Returning Territory Rights Bill (Cth) 2015 revived the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Act.
Record Type
Research and other papers
Physical description
Electronic Copy - 1 page
Language
English
Language code
eng
Collection created by
Marshall Perron
Biographical history
The Northern Territory was the first jurisdiction in the world to explicitly legalise euthanasia. The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) entered into law on 1 July 1996. The following year the Commonwealth Parliament intervened to overturn the Act. Section 50A was added to the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 to prohibit the Northern Territory from making laws in respect of euthanasia. The Rights of the Terminally Act was in force for 9 months, during which time four people died by medically assisted suicide through its provisions.
Provenance
The NT Euthanasia Collection contains donations from a number of contributors. This item was donated by Mr Marshall Perron.
Subjects
Restoring Territory Rights Bill (Cth) 2015 Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (NT) 1995
Names (person)
Bob Brown George Williams Marshall Perron
Names (organisation)
Gilbert and Tobin Centre NT Law Reform Committee
Places
Northern Territory
Box list available?
n/a
Item list available?
n/a
Conditions governing access
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers should be aware that this collection may contain images or names of people who have since passed away.
Related material
Please see folder list for the NT Euthanasia Collection (link below)
Location
Arafura Research Archive
Institution
Charles Darwin University, Darwin
Description for Link
Folder list for NT Euthanasia Collection [CDU Arafura Research Archive]
