NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said suggestions his officers contributed to deaths at music festivals would be"strongly defended"after a coroner called for a major roll-back of police powers.
I am a scientist,a chemist and a toxicologist and I decided to look into pill testing.
The Andrews government has doubled down on its opposition to recreational drug testing,while Melbourne City Council prepares to vote on a proposal pushing for pill testing.
Stale anti-drugs policies didn't help me to keep my daughter alive.
Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said any suggestion his officers contributed to the deaths of six revellers will be"strongly defended by me."
Coroner Harriet Grahame said there was sound evidence policing methods at music festivals was a"harmful intervention".
As a coroner prepares to release her findings into the deaths of six young music festival-goers,one mother readies herself to become an advocate for change.
NSW Labor says the government must listen to experts after another set of recommendations called on the state government to consider a pill-testing trial.
Gawd help us all,if such a mild comment – particularly in such circumstances – counts as fodder for the pearl-clutching commentary that followed.
Inhumane drug laws based on"vote-winning"moral prejudices are failing to keep up with international illicit supply and demand as well as the people destroyed by dependence.
What’s going on,Gladys? I've known you for 20 years and your absurd stance on pill testing is out of character.