I ran a police force and I’m not soft on drugs. This is why I am backing a pill testing trial
An opinion piece by retired AFP officer and lawyer who was the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police. There is wide support for a pill...
Category: Drug Policy
Response to QandA on Drugs
To watch the full QandA session or read the transcript click here. The ABC QandA program on Monday 18 February covered drug law reform issues...
INjustice reinvestment
IIt is difficult to imagine a more confused and confusing set of measures than those being pursued by the ACT government. On the one hand...
President’s Annual Report 2018
2018 has seen an unprecedented amount of action in support of drug law reform. Most notably this has involved Uniting’s fair treatment campaign launched in...
ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan
The ACT Drug Strategy Action Plan 2018-2021 (released on 11/12/2018) outlines ACT Government priorities to address and minimise harms from alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and...
What is a church doing running a facility where illegal drugs can be used openly? And why?
This podcast by Amanda Tattersall from ChangeMakers gives an excellent history of the involvement in drug policy over many years of the Uniting Church. Many...
Is Gladys Berejiklian more daring than she dares have us believe? – Bill Bush
In the October newsletter I had a go at the New South Wales Premier’s summary dismissal of pill testing following the death of two young...
Prohibition Causes the Harm: An Interview With Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform
An interview with Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform by Paul Gregoire, Sydney-based journalist and writer, writing for Sydney Criminal Lawyers https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/prohibition-causes-the-harm-an-interview-with-families-and-friends-for-drug-law-reform/
FFDLR Newsletter November 2018
Articles in this issue include Get behind fair treatment – fair go not criminalisation – Bill Bush Launch of Australia21 report – We all pay...
End of the Long Walk for Treatment
The final steps of the long walk for treatment from Dubbo to Parliament House in Sydney were taken on 2nd November, 2018 when the baton...