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...
Prison report is blueprint for saving $billions, overhauling justice
Review of the Qld Productivity Commission Report 2019 By CLA CEO Bill Rowlings, with comments A seminal report on prisons in Australia says that, across...
Response to talk-back on Radio Canberra
The entry into effect today of the ACT cannabis legalisation legislation has been rather swamped by the bushfires and declaration of state of emergency call...
NSW Government response to the Coroner’s Inquest into the deaths of six patrons of NSW music festivals
It is of great concern to FFDLR that the Premier Gladys Berejiklian has taken such a negative stand on pill testing. Her reasons are that...
ACT Pill Testing Trial 2019: Program evaluation
In summary, our evaluation found that the ACT Pill Testing Trial was implemented as planned, that the service was well received by patrons and stakeholders,...
Letter to the Editor
www.canberratimes.com.au No guarantees There cannot be an absolute guarantee that pill testing would have saved the life of the 24 year old who died at...
President’s Report 2019
2019 has seen the consolidation of the unprecedented amount of action in support of drug law reform that occurred last year. Uniting’s FairTreatment campaign continued...