A person should be able to choose when they die
A person should be able to choose where they die
Someone should only be allowed to access VAD if their
life expectancy is 6 months in most cases, 12 months for
neurodegenerative diseases
A person should have a terminal illness diagnosis to
access voluntary assisted dying
A person should be able to access VAD if they only have
a mental health condition as the reason for their access
Someone should only be allowed to access VAD if, regardless
of their life expectancy timeline, they are dying from a
terminal and progressive illness
A person should be over 18 to access voluntary assisted dying
A person who is legally in the NT (with a work visa
or similar), but not a citizen, should be able to access
voluntary assisted dying
People should be able to access assessment for
the VAD process in a hospital
People should be able to access assessment for
the VAD process at home
People should be allowed to use online carriage services
(e.g. Telehealth) to undertake medical consultations to
access voluntary assisted dying
Someone should be able to say in their advanced care
plan that they want to have the option for VAD in the
future, even if they don’t have the capacity to make that
decision themselves.