Victorian Labor MPs are preparing to move amendments to their party’s proposed assisted dying reforms, as parliamentarians brace for fiery debate to stretch into the early hours this week.

Lower house MPs have been warned they could sit as late as 3am to debate changes to the state’s historic laws that would allow doctors to initiate conversations about voluntary assisted dying and to extend access to patients with 12 months to live.

Labor and the Coalition have granted MPs a conscience vote on the bill, meaning votes will split outside party lines.

Emotional and sometimes rancorous debate went for more than 24 hours in 2017 when Victoria became the first Australian jurisdiction to legislate assisted dying.

Labor-turned-crossbench MP Will Fowles and the Greens will both circulate amend

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