When the NT introduced world-first euthanasia laws

30 years ago (July 1, 1996) the Northern Territory became the first place in the world where eligible terminally-ill patients could access a medically-assisted death. Four people accessed the laws, before the legislation was scuttled at the federal level just nine months later. Today, the NT is the last remaining jurisdiction in the country yet to legislate on voluntary assisted dying. Guest: Marshall Perron, former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, 1988-1995; tabled Rights of the Terminally Ill Act as a private member's bill