MP Kicks Off Debate to Bring Euthanasia to Last Remaining Australian State

Independent MP Alex Greenwich with Member for Summer Hill Jo Haylen and MP Penny Sharpe at a press conference at NSW Parliament in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 26, 2019. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Independent member of Parliament Alex Greenwich has introduced a bill that will kick off debate around legalising euthanasia in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW).

Currently, NSW is the only state in the country—barring the territories—that has not legalised the practice.