The ban on telehealth in voluntary assisted dying doesn’t stack up. Here’s why it should be scrapped

Maskot/Getty Images The law preventing telehealth in voluntary assisted dying is in the spotlight again after the Labor national conference resolved to repeal it, via a conscience vote. The Commonwealth Criminal Code criminalises promoting, inciting or providing instructions on “suicide” over a “carriage service”. This law, passed in 2005, was originally aimed at pro-suicide websites and internet chat rooms. But in 2023, the Federal Court concluded the code applied to the new state voluntary…