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Senate to consider NT euthanasia right

THE federal senate will consider a bill that would return power to the territories to legislate for themselves, including on euthanasia.

THE Northern Territory's chief minister says he's keen for the NT to once again be able to introduce laws to legalise voluntary euthanasia.

A BILL will come before the federal senate on Tuesday seeking to restore the rights of Australia's territories to make such legislative decisions, which were stripped by the Howard government in 1997 after the NT became the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise euthanasia.

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