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NSW Premier Chris Minns and Health Services Union boss Gerard Hayes.

Labor pushed on pill testing on final day of drug summit

The Minns government is facing a concerted push from powerful union leaders and MPs to adopt drug reforms such as pill testing and an additional medically supervised injecting centre as the drug summit resumes on Thursday.

  • Alexandra Smith, Angus Thomson and Michael McGowan

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Graffiti in downtown Portland. Wheeler told the summit that decriminalisation had failed in his state of Oregon.

‘Worst of both worlds’: The US city with a warning for Sydney about drugs

The decision to invite an American mayor to speak at the NSW drug summit angered some attendees who saw it as an effort to head off calls for decriminalisation.

  • Angus Thomson and Michael McGowan
Gabrielle Pluis who works as a mental health support worker in western Sydney.

Greater certainty needed for growing mental health workforce

The insecurity of short-term funding means jobs are insecure at a time when demand for services is growing.

  • Anna Patty
The Ethics Centre's Simon Longstaff

Ethics Centre raises the big questions

Simon's Longstaff's centre recently produced a report on the dangers of lobbying. But questions have been raised about their own board.

  • Kylar Loussikian and Samantha Hutchinson
Portrait of Anthony Albanese, Australian Federal Labor politician for the Division of Grayndler in Sydney's inner west. Photographed near is his offices in Marrickville. Photographed Wednesday 6th June 2018. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 180606

Anthony Albanese announces split from wife Carmel Tebbutt

Anthony Albanese has announced the separation from his wife, former NSW deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt

  • Shane Wright

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