NSW is likely days away from a historic reform to sexual assault laws that will introduce a consent requirement, to be communicated by words or actions. Debate on the government's bill to reform the Crimes Act will begin in the upper house of the NSW parliament on Friday after the lower house signed off on the change on Wednesday. Staying in the state's parliament and a bill that would give terminally ill people in NSW access to voluntary assisted dying will be debated today. A "respectful" debate on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 will take place in the lower house on Friday, its proponent Alex Greenwich says. NSW is the only state that is yet to pass voluntary assisted dying laws. Northern Territory workers have one day to get their first COVID-19 vaccine dose or face losing their jobs. The new health directive makes it mandatory for most workers who interact with the public to have their first jab by midnight Friday. If not vaccinated, workers won't be permitted to go to their workplace unless a new role can be found for them and if they do work, they could be fined $5000. Victoria's construction workers are also facing a vaccine deadline, with just one day until they are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to continue working on site. The deadline for residential aged care workers is also fast-approaching, as they must be fully vaccinated by Monday November 15 to continue working. Meanwhile, Health Minister Greg Hunt says talks to use Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as a booster are "well advanced" and could be finalised within weeks. Hundreds of family and friends will farewell entertainment legend Bert Newton at a state funeral in Melbourne today, which will be broadcast live. The man affectionately known as "Moonface" died aged 83 on November 30 at a private Melbourne clinic after his leg was amputated in May due to a life-threatening infection. Australia are one win from their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title after Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis pulled off the great escape against Pakistan. In a dramatic Dubai semi-final, Australia's asking rate went to beyond 12 an over before Wade smashed three straight sixes to win it with six balls to spare on Thursday. It was enough to set up a Sunday night decider against New Zealand, in a repeat of the 2015 ODI final. China's ruling Communist Party has paved the way for state and party leader Xi Jinping to run for a third term - or perhaps even stay as the country's leader for life. It is only the third time in the Communist Party's 100-year history, after 1945 and 1981, that a document has been adopted in this form and puts Xi Jingping on an ideological par with revolutionary leader and state founder Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, who led China from 1978 to 1989. Australia will join other countries in the region in examining how to wind back billions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies, as the business sector and politicians seek to tackle climate change. The issue is on the agenda of the APEC leaders' summit this weekend, hosted virtually by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. - with Australian Associated Press