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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Tables and figure -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Making Social Policy -- 1 Towards a framework for understanding and participating in social policy making -- 2 Why the historical and current context matters -- 3 Debates about social goals -- 4 Organisational maps and policy making -- 5 Working in organisations -- 6 Disputes about policy process: governments, citizens and markets -- 7 The policy process as power and contest -- Part II Case Studies -- Introduction to the case studies -- 8 Pathways to excellence: developing Aboriginal education policy -- 9 How violence against women became an issue on the national policy agenda -- 10 'The Kurds-who are they?' Establishing Kurdish identity in Victoria -- 11 Low-start mortgages -- implementation problems in a deregulated finance economy -- 12 Policy and planning in community services-a role forgovernment -- 13 Trouble in paradise: privatisation of the Port Macquarie Base Hospital -- 14 The fat man cometh: education policy and the Kennett Liberal government in Victoria, 1992-1994 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Many countries across the world have legislated for their constituents to have control over their death. Commonalities and differences can be found in the regulations surrounding the shape and practices of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) and euthanasia, including an individual's eligibility and access, role of health professions and the reporting. In Australia there have been perennial debates across the country to attempt legislative change in assisting a terminally ill person to control the ending of their life. In 2017, Victoria became the first state to successfully legislate for VAD. In describing the Victorian process that led to the passage of legislation for VAD, this paper examines the social change process. The particular focus of the paper is on the vital role played by a multidisciplinary ministerial advisory panel to develop recommendations for the successful legislation, and is written from their perspective.