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Queensland Parliament has voted to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD), although it will still be some time before the laws take effect. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/39knud7 To be eligible, a person must be at least 18 years old, meet residency requirements, be acting voluntarily and without coercion, and have decision-making capacity – meaning people with dementia will not have access to VAD. An eligible person must have been diagnosed with a disease, illness or medical condition that is advanced, progressive, causing "intolerable" suffering and expected to result in the person's death within 12 months. The single 12-month timeframe is significant because it is a longer overall lead-up than other states, where it is six months or 12 months for neurodegenerative diseases. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wrote to Prime Minister Scott Morrison in May, requesting the Commonwealth Government take urgent action to amend the Commonwealth legislation on VAD. This would allow practitioners involved in the scheme to discuss VAD through telehealth, providing access to people in rural and remote areas of Queensland. ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #VoluntaryAssistedDyingQueensland #VADexplainer #ABCNews