NEWS ROOM

A selection of articles appearing in the media.

Coroners plead for a drug testing trial

In January, Ms Allan said she had sought that advice after at least 10 people were taken to hospital following suspected drug use at festivals. "There are no current plans to change the policy setting on drug checking," she said at the time. Harm Reduction Australia...

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Renewed calls for pill testing at festivals and clubs

Stephanie Tzanetis is coordinator for Directions Health at CanTEST, the A-C-T's fixed site pill testing service. She's also the Executive Officer at Pill Testing Australia, which provided Australia's first on-site music festival pill testing at Groovin the Moo in...

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How much a pill-testing trial would cost Victoria

A two-year pill-testing trial would cost Victoria about $3.7 million, the Parliamentary Budget Office has found, as left-wing crossbenchers pressure the state government over drug reform after overdoses at this summer’s festivals.

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KnowYourStuffNZ Celebrates Two Years Of Legality

On November 25, KnowYourStuffNZ is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Act 2021. This Act made drug checking permanently legal in Aotearoa New Zealand, a world first.

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Correspondence to Victorian Premier re Pill Testing

At an event at Parliament House today, PTA offered a cost-free trial of its public health based pill testing service to the Victorian Government - the offer is supported and endorsed by a variety of unions and organisations.

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NSW Labor MP speaks out in support over pill testing

The trial would not require new legislation and could be achieved through “existing frameworks”, said Murphy, a former president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. He said NSW Health could issue licences to existing drug-checking services like Pill Testing...

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Greens want debate on pill testing after music festival deaths

Harm Reduction Australia and Pill Testing Australia president Gino Vumbaca said drug-checking services could not operate without the support of government and the police. “The bill would remove any doubt about our permission to operate,” he said. “Politicians are way...

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