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Drug Summit offers hope, delivers betrayal
The Minns Labor government has released its response to the recommendations from the 2024 Drug Summit. While many of the recommendations have been supported either fully or in principle, concerns have emerged about several key reforms the government has chosen to ignore or delay. Former magistrate and drug law reform advocate David Heilpern expressed his…
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Unearthing Nimbin’s living history
A few weeks ago, I finally did something I’d been meaning to do for months – I started volunteering one day a week at the Aquarius Archives. My plan was simple (or so I thought): spend some quiet time there while working on my memoir of “Nimbin things”. I imagined myself tapping away at my…
