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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mike Hohnen

Afternoon Update: NSW opens first drug checking service, Qantas’s frequent flyer revamp; and Woody the sheep’s three years on the run

Gloved hands using a syringe on a metal table top
Participants in the NSW drug checking service can have their drugs tested by a chemist who will attend the injecting centre once a week. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Welcome, readers, to Afternoon Update.

Sydney’s Kings Cross will be home to New South Wales’s first drug checking service, which will remain open for four months as part of a research pilot project.

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