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NSW Government defers finalising drug reforms until new year after ice inquiry recommendations
The NSW Government has deferred finalising its drug reforms because it has been unable to agree on how to deal with people caught with a small amount of illicit substances for personal use.
Key points:
- A special commission of inquiry into the drug ice made 109 recommendations
- The NSW Government will wait until the new year to finalise a response
- The Attorney-General says NSW needs to fight drugs “harder and smarter”
The Government had set a deadline of the end of the year to respond to a special commission of inquiry into the drug ice.
The inquiry made 109 recommendations, but it emerged two weeks ago that Cabinet was divided on how to implement some of the recommendations around punishing personal drug possession.
The decision has now been…
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