<span style="color: #222222;">Victoria has become the first state in Australia to enact Euthanasia laws that would now allow terminally ill patients suffering from intolerable pain to legally ask their doctor for lethal drugs to end their lives.<br />'' <br />'' The state's historic laws will be effective from today. Under the scheme, terminally-ill Victorian adults in intolerable pain and with less than six months to live, or 12 months for neurodegenerative diseases, and who meet 68 safeguards can request their doctor's help in dying. With 68 safeguards, the bill has been described as the most conservative in the world.<br />'' <br />'' State premier Daniel Andrews described the new laws as a compassionate approach to the matter. <br />'' <br />''<br />''Queensland and Western Australia are now considering enacting the legislation. Other states in Australia have debated assisted dying in the past, but the proposals have always been defeated.</span>