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Thales’ Blue Sentry has been successfully tested by the US Navy, its CEO will announce on Monday

One Sydney factory’s answer to foreign interference, narco-subs and people smugglers

Designed to work as a “wolf pack”, groups of the semi-autonomous systems can create permanent surveillance of coastlines over thousands of kilometres.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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The state’s first permanent pill-testing sites will close from April 4.

Pill testers say people will die as Qld service forced to close

The group behind two south-east pill-testing sites said they picked up extremely potent synthetic opioids three times since November – including last Friday.

  • Courtney Kruk
Greens MP Cate Faehrmann says the cost of hiring police for NSW festivals is 12 times that of Victoria.

Police should back off drug users, says report

The final report from NSW Labor’s Drug Summit was published on Thursday.

  • Frances Howe
John Gordon and Emily Berry, the parents of Jetson Gordon.

Half a pill was enough to kill Jetson. Now this drug is infiltrating supply

The teenage apprentice placed an online order for a pill he hoped would help him relax and get to sleep. He never woke up.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Ex-Philippine resident Rodrigo Duterte came to office vowing to rid the country of drugs and drug pushers.

For decades, ‘Duterte Harry’ did as he pleased – then police boarded his plane

The former Philippine president may have thought he was too powerful to be arrested over the deaths of thousands of people. He was wrong.

  • Zach Hope
Stuart MacGill arriving at court in November.

Ex-Test spinner Stuart MacGill faces jail stint for cocaine deal

The former Australian cricketer was found not guilty of another charge of taking part in a large commercial drug supply.

  • Luke Costin
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Rodrigo Duterte withdrew the Philippines in 2019 from the Rome Statute in a move human rights activists say was aimed at escaping accountability.

Duterte extradited to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity

The maverick former Philippines leader’s signature policy drew widespread criticism for its brutality. H was arrested by Interpol on an ICC warrant.

  • Zach Hope
Psilocybin is the psychedelic found in “magic mushrooms”.

Sarah Napthali sampled psychedelics for a year. I prefer reality

The insights in the new book from the bestselling author of Buddhism for Mothers would be more at home on TikTok, alongside other wellness influencers.

  • Jenna Price
Vincent Fantauzzo and his wife, Asher Keddie.

Thief tried to steal Asher Keddie’s husband’s motorcycle, then fainted

Artist Vincent Fantauzzo and a passerby managed to restrain the alleged thief until police arrived, a court heard on Tuesday.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Eloyise Braskic, who is at 23rd position on WA Labor’s upper house ticket, was called out over old social media posts about drugs.

Labor candidate counselled over ‘take drugs, not advice’ posts

An aspiring MP says she “no longer holds” the same views on illicit drugs that she posted to social media between 2012 and 2015, including that a “life lived without experiencing LSD is a life wasted”.

  • Connor McGoverne

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