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A bill giving the territories the authority to legalise euthanasia will be debated in parliament this week.

The bill, brought by Liberal Democratic Party senator David Leyonhjelm, would reverse a 1997 ban on the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory governments from making legislation on assisted dying. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has given government parliamentarians a conscience vote on the issue, but told the ABC last week he was personally opposed to the bill. The euthanasia debate comes as the Coalition prepares to consider the government’s National Energy Guarantee in a joint party room meeting on Tuesday …

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