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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Michael McGowan

NSW attorney general ‘disappointed’ by own government’s lack of action over ice report

Mark Speakman speaking to the media, with the NSW premier Dominic Perrottet in the background
NSW’s attorney general, Mark Speakman, told a budget estimates hearing he’s disappointed the government has failed to respond to Prof Dan Howard’s report. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The New South Wales attorney general, Mark Speakman, has revealed his frustration at his own government’s failure to respond to a landmark report on ice addiction, saying he has spent “hundreds of hours” trying to secure cabinet support for the reforms.

It has been 30 months since Prof Dan Howard handed down the findings of the special commission into ice, commissioned by former premier Gladys Berejiklian prior to the state election in 2019.

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