Euthanasia clinic proposed in Australia

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Euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke is in Adelaide to inspect possible sites for Australia's first euthanasia clinic.

Nitschke said the clinic, to be run by his pro-euthanasia group Exit International, will be needed if the South Australian Parliament pass a bill decriminalising assisted suicide.

The bill would give doctors a legal defence if they administered drugs, at a patient's request, that would hasten death.

- NZHERALD STAFF