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Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Victoria is the first state in Australia to pass voluntary assisted dying laws. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act (2017) provides a safe legal framework for people who are suffering and dying to choose the manner and timing of their death. This document provides an overview about voluntary assisted dying with information on background, law, access and how it will work.
- Organisation:
- Topic:
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- VIC
- Published:
- August 2018
- Last reviewed:
- June 2026
Multilingual resources
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Dari - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Easy English - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Farsi (Persian) - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Greek - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Hebrew - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Hindi - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Italian - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Karen - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Macedonian - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Punjabi - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Sinhalese - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Somali - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Turkish - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)
Vietnamese - Voluntary assisted dying (bilingual)