My letter to the NT News published recently.

The Editor  

NT News

Printers Place

DARWIN NT  0800

Dear Editor

It is high time the NT Government got on with introducing and passing Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation. 

Many people have suffered much since the callous removal of the Perron Law on VAD in the late 1990s. The NT was the first, and now we are the last in Australia to have this enlightened and humanist right. 

An extensive inquiry has been held, and the results have been released. The government is now asking the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (LCAC), chaired by Member for Fong Lim Dr Tanzil Rahman, to undertake an inquiry into the ‘Voluntary Assisted Dyingf in the NT—final report 2024’. That report was based on exhaustive consultation and carefully crafted recommendations.

For the government to contemplate an ‘inquiry of the inquiry’ is just dithering and messing with a vital need. Just enact the appropriate legislation to legitimise an entitlement that has been delayed for far too long.

 Sincerely

Henry Gray

LEANYER

23 May 2025

PO Box 44

KARAMA    NT   0813

Phone 0407 637 782