Miranda Live: Troy Grant says pill-testing will not happen ‘on my watch’
WITH Australia’s drug use at an all-time high, where does Police Minister Troy Grant stand on the vexing question of testing drugs at music festivals and other events?
NSW Police Minister told Daily Telegraph columnist Miranda Devine of his absolute opposition to the prospect of having recreational drugs tested at events such as music festivals.
Ms Devine told listeners how the Greens and other drug law liberalisers of a shocking array of statistics involving Australians and drug use before Mr Grant declared his stance.
“I’m a thousand per cent against it — no way the NSW Government will be adopting pill-testing,” he said.
“We are not using taxpayers’ funds or allocating any resources to provide a quality-assurance model for drug dealers.
“They talk about trying to avoid tragic deaths ... don’t take the drug.”
Hear the full conversation on the podcast.
In other issues on today’s podcast, comedian Kevin Bloody Wilson tells how he shrugs off political correctness to perform the material he has always produced, and business figure Jennifer Westacott outlines a right-wing movement to address the future of Australian commerce.
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