Labor national conference backs use of telehealth in voluntary assisted dying care

A Labor push to lift the ban on accessing voluntary assisted dying through telehealth has triggered a warning about unintended consequences for vulnerable Australians.

Labor’s national conference has written into the party platform support for telehealth as part of voluntary assisted dying care. The amendment, passed on a voice vote, was the first of the conference that has been contested. It said: Labor will remove barriers that exist in…