Frontline doctors urge Premier to trial pill testing,end strip searches for drugs
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Frontline doctors urge Premier to trial pill testing,end strip searches for drugs

The senior experts from Sydney's frontline hospital for drug and alcohol admissions said the Premier should look at the evidence.

  • byRachel Clun

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Premier,please help us save young lives:a plea from 27 doctors for pill testing

Premier,please help us save young lives:a plea from 27 doctors for pill testing

An open letter to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian signed by 27 of St Vincent's Hospital's most senior clinicians ...

  • byJennifer Stevens
Protesters demand pill testing and end to strip searches

Protesters demand pill testing and end to strip searches

The Premier and her fellow cabinet members will have"blood on their hands"if someone dies at a music festival this summer,warned protesters at a rally in Sydney.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Fuller says he'has a right to come out'and stand by policing methods

Fuller says he'has a right to come out'and stand by policing methods

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller is sticking to his guns on pill testing and strip searches.

  • byDeborah Snow
Defence of strip searches is'frightening',says ex-AFP chief

Defence of strip searches is'frightening',says ex-AFP chief

It comes as the police watchdog announces a fresh inquiry into claims several teenagers were strip-searched at an under-18s music festival.

  • byAngus Thompson
As a former top cop,I feel a duty to speak out

As a former top cop,I feel a duty to speak out

Fear is no basis for building respect for the police.

  • byMick Palmer
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The renegade reverend's bitter pill,and proud legacy
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The renegade reverend's bitter pill,and proud legacy

When a memorial is held for Reverend Ray Richmond on Sunday,politicians resisting drug reform should consider his legacy.

  • byClint Caward
Lord mayor backs a pill-testing trial but Andrews just says'no'

Lord mayor backs a pill-testing trial but Andrews just says'no'

Lord Mayor Sally Capp has backed a controversial pill-testing trial in Melbourne despite Premier Daniel Andrews reiterating the government’s opposition to the proposal.

  • byJewel Topsfield
'We won't be changing our policy':Daniel Andrews shrugs off pill testing

'We won't be changing our policy':Daniel Andrews shrugs off pill testing

Premier Daniel Andrews has held firm against pill testing,as the ambulance union,the Greens and Reason Party push for reform ahead of the summer party season.

  • byRachel Eddie
NSW Police Commissioner says force doesn't back pill testing

NSW Police Commissioner says force doesn't back pill testing

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says he is"gravely concerned"about the message pill testing sends to young people.

  • byAngus Thompson
Coroner makes sense but the Premier isn’t listening

Coroner makes sense but the Premier isn’t listening

After weighing up the evidence and listening to the experts,the Deputy Coroner has recommended'fresh eyes'look at limiting music festival drug deaths.

  • byPeter FitzSimons