Talk at the Sixth International Family Drug Support Day
Wednesday 24 February, 2021 Parliament House – Canberra Marion McConnell Thank you Tony and Family Drug Support for inviting me to speak at this sixth...
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Drug Decriminalisation for the ACT: An Interview With Labor MLA Michael Pettersson
25/12/2020 BY PAUL GREGOIRE https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/drug-decriminalisation-for-the-act-an-interview-with-labor-mla-michael-pettersson/ Led by the Uniting Church Synod of NSW/ACT, Fair Treatment has been calling on the jurisdictions of NSW and the ACT to decriminalise drug...
AIVL’s Melanie Walker on Coming Drug Decriminalisation and Treatment Access
17/02/2021 BY PAUL GREGOIRE https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/aivls-melanie-walker-on-coming-drug-decriminalisation-and-treatment-access/ ACT Labor MLA Michael Pettersson has yet again set his sights on reforming the Canberra community. This time it’s in the form of just...
International Family Drug Support Day – 24 Feb
Please check out the International Family Drug Support Day website and register to attend an event in your area if you can. Events are being...
A welcome step in fixing failed drug laws
Letter writer MARION McCONNELL says Michael Pettersson’s Bill to decriminalise small amounts of drugs for personal use is a very welcome small step in the right direction....
Tougher laws won’t fix the problem with drugs
“All too often, society has failed to keep drugs from our kids and then turned around and punished the very people the law was intended...
January Newsletter 2021
BBQ Thursday 28th Jan Dates of meetings for 2021 Words of Encouragement by Marion McConnell COVID 19 and drug policy: recording what it has taught...
Drug chat a good start
The Canberra Times, Jan 2 2021 It gives many of us real hope that a wave of open mindedness is moving the ACT towards drug...
Seeds of Change
Recent claims the climate policies of the Greens in the assembly will have no effect on the scheme of things is ill-conceived. Margaret Mead reportedly...
FFDLR Newsletter November 2020
FFDLR Annual General Meeting Thursday 26th November at 7.30pm 25th Annual Remembrance Ceremony We won Fair Treatment for Dubbo 10th ACT Legislative Assembly Parliamentary and Governing...