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A Canberra man’s bid for voluntary assisted dying hit a legal snag: while a tribunal confirmed his decision-making capacity, it couldn’t override the medical finding that his conditions aren’t advanced enough to meet the law’s strict criteria. The ACT’s new scheme requires a terminal, progressive illness causing intolerable suffering — a threshold the initial practitioner didn’t meet. Though his GP and tribunal agree he’s mentally capable, the law doesn’t allow tribunals to reassess medical prognosis. Still, he’s not out of options — he can reapply with a different practitioner or take the case to the ACT Supreme Court.

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