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Resources

End of Life Law in Australia

• Voluntary Assisted Dying

Palliative Care Australia

• Guiding principles for those providing care to people living with a life-limiting illness (pdf 82kb)

Victoria

• Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Western Australia

• Western Australia Department of Health

Tasmania

• Tasmania Department of Health

South Australia

• SA Health

Queensland

• Queensland Health

Page updated 9 December 2021