Drugs
Ezra Mam issued with NRL breach notice
The NRL has issued the Brisbane Broncos star with a breach notice after he pleaded guilty to drug driving and driving without a licence earlier this month.
- by Alex Condon
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‘Drugs are illegal’: Pill-testing trial will not stop arrests at festivals
Premier Chris Minns has conceded there is an “essential contradiction” in allowing a 12-month pill-testing trial while still expecting police to enforce the law.
- by Michael McGowan
Pill testing to go ahead at NSW summer music festivals
After years of calls for pill-testing services, a 12-month trial in time for the summer music festival season in early 2025 will be unveiled on Thursday.
- by Michael McGowan
The former quarantine facility housing the remaining Bali Nine
Authorities have not yet detailed what support will be offered to the men, who have not been able to see their families since they arrived back in Australia.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
As Scott Rush farewelled his prison guards, his parents had no idea he was on his way home
The Bali Nine member was smiling as he left Bangli Narcotics jail in Bali for the final time last Friday. His family still didn’t know he was coming home.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos, Marissa Calligeros, Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa and Marta Pascual Juanola
Dalkeith schoolboy ran ‘significant drug enterprise’ from his bedroom
The 16-year-old created gummy bears laced with cannabis that he sold to his schoolmates, but police came knocking after two children were hospitalised.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Who are the Bali Five? What you need to know about their return
The five remaining members of the Bali Nine are back in Australia. But what did they do and what happened to their friends?
- by Angus Thomson
Three Australian soldiers charged with drug trafficking offences
Investigators intercepted cash sent through the mail which the three men allegedly intended to use to purchase and resell cocaine at a profit.
- by Angus Dalton
Inside the largest known captagon lab financing the Assad regime
In the dark, cavernous warehouses at the abandoned site in Douma, fighters who ousted Assad found thousands of pills hidden in furniture, fruit and electronics.
- by Timour Azhari
Police aren’t keeping records of drink spiking, even though it’s a crime
The database used by Queensland police to record criminal offences does not capture statistics for drink spiking alone – only when it is linked to another crime.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Drug reform
NSW Labor considering pill testing this summer
MPs including the parliamentary secretary for health have put their names to an open letter calling on their own government to overhaul drug policy in NSW.
- by Michael McGowan
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