And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s re-cap the big headlines:
Incoming Queensland premier David Crisafulli said that his government will be pulling together a plan for the Olympics within its first 100 days.
The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said the Greens’ blocking of legislation in the Senate and MP Max Chandler-Mather’s support for the CFMEU led to poor Queensland result. But Greens leader Adam Bandt said it was Labor targeting their seats with Greens policies that resulted in the hit.
The employment minister, Murray Watt, refused to comment on reports Anthony Albanese used his membership in Qantas’s chairman’s lounge to solicit flight upgrades when he was transport minister and opposition leader.
The Coalition did not approach Geoscience Australia to ask about the suitability of any of the seven sites where it wants to put nuclear reactors.
The New South Wales government is moving towards legalising the use of e-scooters on streets.
Renewable energy helped push demand to record low levels on Saturday in the national electricity market that serves the eastern states including South Australia, the Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo) said.
New South Wales teachers voted to endorse a three-year pay offer from the New South Wales government.
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No ill effects from ACT drug decriminalisation, advocates say
Canberra was tipped to become “the drug capital of Australia” after the ACT decriminalised personal use of illicit substances.
But 12 months on, safety advocates are not noticing any ill effects, reports AAP.
Erin Lalor, chief executive of the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, says the ongoing criminalisation of drugs elsewhere in Australia continues to do more harm than good.
“We know that the criminalisation of personal drug use continues to cause harm to individuals who come into contact with the justice system while they fail to stop all illicit drug use,” she told a parliamentary inquiry into drug and alcohol harm on Monday.
Dr Lalor said the treatment system was overwhelmed and more work needed to be done to prevent alcohol and drug harm early, rather than react to it.
“We cannot continue to park an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff,” she said. “We must build better fences.”
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