*11.5.1 Australia*

Despite previous countrywide bans on both euthanasia and PAS, the state of Victoria passed a law in 2017 that allowed doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for selfadministration by terminally ill patients; the law also allowed doctors to administer the medications if the patient is unable to do so themselves. Western Australia followed in 2019, followed in 2021 by Tasmania, Queensland, and South Australia. Parliament will be under pressure to permit legalization of assisted dying in the Northern Territory and in the Australian Capital Territory.
