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Brisbane’s first and only permanent pill testing site closed in April after being defunded by the LNP government.

Hundreds visited these drug checking sites, but a review into them will stay secret

The pill testing initiative was launched with a promise there would be an independent evaluation after 12 months, but the government is rejecting calls to share those findings.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Health Minister Ryan Park has announced the Minns government will move tougher laws on illegal tobacco when parliament resumes next month

Jail time and evictions: Labor announces crackdown on illegal tobacco

The NSW government will introduce tougher penalties for sale of illegal tobacco and vapes, including new powers to evict retailers, when parliament resumes.

  • Michael McGowan
Two French women have appeared before the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged for their alleged roles in a failed plot to import 32kg of methamphetamine into Australia.

French women charged with smuggling $29m of meth into Australia

It’s the second time efforts to import drugs have been intercepted in Brisbane in as many weeks.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Cheeto dust storms in the Central West

While it’s profit for loss in Whitechapel.

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My favourite mind bender

Answers a cosmic inquiry.

Cocaine usage in Australia

What happens to house prices when the drug money tap is turned off?

Real estate valuations could take a significant hit as Australia prepares to stem the tens of billions of dollars being laundered through our housing sector.

  • Colin Kruger
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Premier Chris Minns, can he keep NSW on the straight and narrow?

‘Demonstrate leadership’: Labor under pressure to respond to drug summit

The Minns government is being urged to move faster on overhauling drug policy by charity groups and its own MPs.

  • Michael McGowan
Felicia Djamirze has turned her life around after a police raid on her partner’s property left her with horrific injuries.

The former beauty queen and gangland girlfriend on her second chance

The risky and lavish lifestyle of Felicia Djamirze came to a crashing end. Then she had a long road to recovery.

  • Erin O'Dwyer
Victoria’s first fixed pill-testing service will be in Fitzroy.

Inner-city site picked for state’s first pill-testing centre

The free centre will operate from August as the Allan government expands its rollout of promised drug reforms and fears rise over deadly synthetic opioids. 

  • Kieran Rooney
Lismore man Nelson Philip James was detained by Indonesian police on Thursday after he was allegedly found with cocaine during a traffic stop at Badung.

‘It’s Panadol’: Australian man arrested in Bali for alleged cocaine possession

Video footage of the Lismore man claiming the substance is Panadol at his arrest has been widely shared on social media.

  • Amilia Rosa and Emily Kowal

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