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This medication has cost Leah’s family $180,000, and counting
Harm reduction experts say excluding opiate treatment patients from those PBS benefits amounts to discrimination against some of Australia’s most vulnerable people. […]
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Singapore executes prisoner for smuggling cannabis
A prisoner has been hanged in Singapore for smuggling 1kg of cannabis, despite a plea from the United Nations to urgently reconsider the execution. […]
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Queensland Confirms Drug Law Reform but is the ‘Devil Still in the Detail’?
HRA remains concerned with the number of people to be excluded – see our 23 Feb Media Release Qld-Drug-Law-Reform-Devil-in-the-Detail-HRA-Media-Release-23-Feb-2023Download […]
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‘Join the movement’: Minister calls for pill testing trial in NSW
A NSW minister has broken ranks to urge her Labor government colleagues to “join the nationwide movement” toward pill testing at music festivals, while also suggesting controversial policing tactics such as strip searches and drug-detection dogs should be part of the promised drug summit. […]
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New Queensland drug laws will keep thousands of people out of justice system, advocates say
Queensland parliament is poised to pass legislative changes that will divert thousands of people out of the courts and into health and education programs each year in a landmark shift in the state’s approach to illicit substances that new polling shows has popular support. […]
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Groovin the Moo fails to secure pill testing again as insurers remain risk averse
Pill testing will not be available onsite at this year’s Groovin the Moo festival in Canberra after exorbitant insurance premiums meant the service was too costly to offer, but CanTEST is expanding its services on the festival weekend. […]
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Canberra’s Groovin the Moo music festival will again be without pill-testing, as insurance becomes 22 times more expensive
Groovin the Moo will be without pill-testing when it returns to Canberra later this month. […]
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Tasmanian government unmoved on pill testing despite drug warning to Panama festival-goers
The ACT is the only jurisdiction to allow fixed and onsite drug testing. Backed by Pill Testing Australia, the CanTEST Health and Drug Checking Service uses a face-to-face service. […]
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HRA submission to the Qld Police Powers & Responsibilities Amendment Bill 2023
Qld Parliamentary Legal Affairs & Safety Committee. […]
