A seniors advocate has called for a political "blame game" to end to ensure voluntary assisted dying laws pass in the only Australian jurisdiction still without them.

Council on the Ageing Northern Territory CEO Sue Shearer is urging bipartisanship, saying the legislation has been delayed too long for yet more hold-ups to occur.

Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby's office is drafting voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws after an NT parliamentary committee ruled in favour of reinstating them, almost 30 years after they were overturned.

But Labor Opposition Leader Selena Uibo this week put forward her own completed VAD bill and urged the Country Liberal Party (CLP) government to adopt it, only for Ms Boothby to rule that out.

"We'd just like to see a more bipartisan approach. We're all

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