Northern Territory Euthanasia Collection - Threat to Victorian Voluntary Euthanasia Law
Alternative collection title
Threat-to-Vic-VE-Law-24-May-18
Date range (approx.)
24 May 2018
Scope and contents
Letter to Fiona Patten and Lesley Vick from Marshall Perron, outlining his concerns about attempts by the Victorian Liberal Party to defeat the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act in Victoria.
Record Type
Correspondence
Physical description
Electronic record – 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
Voluntary Assisted Dying Act (Vic) 2017
Names (person)
Fiona Patten Lesley Vick Marshall Perron
Names (organisation)
Victorian Liberal Party
Places
Victoria
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]
