Key senators back government proposal to empower territories to legislate on euthanasia

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "Territories minister, Kristy McBain, revealed last week the government would propose a private member's bill "as soon as possible" to give back power to the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory to make their own laws on euthanasia.
41% : "One of the reasons that the Senate rejected the bill to give the territories the right to legalise euthanasia, is that many MPs thought it too risky given the territories have a far less rigorous parliamentary process and lower standard of governance than the states," she said.
40% : Gosling said there was a "growing acknowledgment" that the territory rights push was about the wider issue of legislatures to make their own laws, not limited solely to euthanasia.

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