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Is voluntary assisted dying safe?

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Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws are working safely and as intended. There have been no reported major complications and the drugs work effectively. Care teams say the most common words they hear loved ones use to describe assisted deaths include ‘perfect’, ‘beautiful’ and ‘peaceful’. Read an account from a Victorian family whose loved one died by voluntary assisted dying.