UNSW academics say government response to Ice inquiry ‘disappointing’
Read the full story here by DIANE NAZAROFF AND EMI BERRY The NSW government has already ruled out five recommendations from the Ice inquiry, including…
How Many More Experts Must Recommend Pill Testing Before The Government Makes It Happen?
Read the full story here by Shelley Smith The government has finally released the findings from the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’....
Pressure for permanent pill-testing service in Canberra after successful festival trials
Read the full story here By Tom Lowrey A shopfront, a discrete corner of a pharmacy, a pop-up site or the back of a van —...
Uniting Fair Treatment Campaign
FAIR TREATMENT (www.fairtreatment.org) Our organisation is a partner in Fair Treatment – seeking an Australia where no-one dies from drug overdose, and everyone can get appropriate help...
Drug Policy Public Discussion Forum, Is it time to legalise drugs?
Wesley Conference Centre, Pitt St SydneyApril 23, 2020 at 7pm to 9:15pm Register here Join ABC Media Watch host, Paul Barry for an all-star, panel...
NSW Recorded Crime Statistics quarterly update December 2019
This report presents 24 months of reception, discharge and custody population data and comparisons between the current and previous quarter for age, gender, indigenous status,...
Newsletter – February 2020
This is a new style newsletter – a style that recognises the busy lives we all lead. Hope you enjoy this quick read where information...
Strip search inquiry cut short after NSW government sacks commissioner
by Michael McGowen A landmark inquiry into potentially illegal strip searches conducted on minors by police in New South Wales has been cut short after the government...
International Family Drug Support Day 2020
Behind every statistic of drug-related overdose death, arrest or hospitalisation there is a family suffering the pain. All too often in a cloud of stigma...
Drug decriminalisation would ‘save hundreds of millions’, but Queensland Premier rules it out
By Matt Wordsworth Key points: The Queensland Productivity Commission says “all available evidence” shows the war on drugs fails to restrict usage or supply Queensland spends...