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Where Angels Fear To Tread (1997)

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Euthanasia education content clip 2

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Clip description

The Northern Territory government passed the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act but the Australian Medical Association is against it. Speaking to camera as he drives around Darwin, Dr Philip Nitschke talks about the federal government move to reverse the NT legislation.

Curator’s notes

Nitschke practices in the Norhtern Territory and wants to assist terminally ill patients to die if they wish. The filmmakers follow him in his efforts to stop the reversal of the NT bill.