维多利亚州将扩大协助临终死亡的准入范围,取消限制,简化程序。 Victoria to expand assisted dying access, remove restrictions, and simplify process.

Victoria正在提议对其自愿协助的临终法进行重大改革,包括取消“gag条款”,允许医生开始讨论,将所有条件的预期寿命提高到12个月,取消对神经退化性疾病的第三次医疗评估,将申请之间的等待时间从9天缩短到5天。 Victoria is proposing major reforms to its voluntary assisted dying laws, including removing the "gag clause" to allow doctors to initiate discussions, expanding eligibility to a 12-month life expectancy for all conditions, eliminating a third medical assessment for neurodegenerative diseases, and reducing wait times between requests from nine to five days. 在澳大利亚至少居住了三年的非公民现在可能符合资格,同情豁免将扩大与维多利亚或新南威尔士州和南澳大利亚州居民关系密切的人的接触。 Non-citizens who have lived in Australia for at least three years may now qualify, and a compassion exemption will extend access to those with strong ties to Victoria or residents of NSW and SA. 这些变化还简化了行政管理,扩大了执业人员资格,使农村地区口译员具有更大的灵活性,并禁止利益冲突。 The changes also simplify administration, expand practitioner eligibility, allow greater interpreter flexibility in rural areas, and ban conflicts of interest. 改革是在五年审查之后进行的,预计将需要大约18个月的时间来实施,每三年审查一次,然后每五年审查一次。 The reforms follow a five-year review and are expected to take about 18 months to implement, with reviews every three and then every five years.