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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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Open letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Firstly, congratulations Albo and thank you for Labor preferences on the Senate tickets. It looks like you have an opportunity to stay at the helm for a while and bring in some significant changes. Fair to say we were disappointed by our result, even though we got more than half…
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Labor and Greens have clear path for reform
Election campaigns are a rollercoaster. When the dust settles and the signs come down, what remains is the deep work of reflecting on what we fought for, what we held, and what comes next. It’s painful to lose hard-won and hard-fought seats in the Federal Parliament, but it happens. This election we even had the…
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Council disbands Nimbin Advisory Group
Item 9.8 of Lismore City Council’s March business paper recommended that Council disband all their Advisory Groups, but in a late move, Cr Rob proposed a different motion which called for all advisory groups except the NAG retained, with the name of the Koala Implementation Group changed to Koala Advisory Group and a new group,…
