Labor under pressure to allow telehealth access for euthanasia but PM says ‘it should be face-to-face’

The Australian Labor Party faces pressure to allow telehealth access for voluntary assisted dying consultations, with the Greens and independent Kate Chaney planning to introduce legislation. While Labor's recent national conference committed to overturning the Howard-era federal ban on phone or video consultations for euthanasia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated that such consultations should occur face-to-face. Campaigners argue that the current telehealth prohibition disproportionately affects people in regional Australia.