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Victoria’s lower house passes assisted dying bill

Laws allowing voluntary assisted dying have passed Victoria's lower house after a marathon debate between exhausted MPs.

After an all-night session in parliament discussing 140 amendments, the Labor government's voluntary euthanasia bill passed on Friday morning and will now go to the upper house.

Laws allowing voluntary assisted dying have passed Victoria's lower house after a marathon debate between exhausted MPs. Picture: AAP

The proposed laws state terminally ill people with less than 12 months to live and who are suffering unbearable pain will be able to request lethal medication.

Premier Daniel Andrews pushed for assisted dying to be legal in Australia following the death of his father Bob in April last year, after a long battle with cancer.

The Premier's father Bob died in April last year after a long battle with cancer, giving Mr Andrews a first-hand insight into the assisted dying debate. Picture: 7 News

Mr Andrews said his personal experience prompted some reflection.

"What we've gone through this year, every family goes through at some point," he said announcing the push late last year.

More to come.