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Question of honesty BY SEAN FORD 18/09/2008 12:00:00 AM The Advocate http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/news/lo...ty/1275554.aspx PREMIER David Bartlett owned up to having smoked dope yesterday, eight days after The Advocate first asked the question. Mr Bartlett's simple "yes" admission followed his rival party leaders - Liberal Will Hodgman and Green Nick McKim - owning up to past cannabis use in a story in The Advocate yesterday. Tony McCall, from the UTAS School of Government, said yesterday's story showed Mr Bartlett's "zeal for reform and transparency doesn't appear to extend to his personal habits". "So be it, but Extending Trust in Democracy should include …

Archer takes aim at Liberals on prostitution Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:00am AEST ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/18/2367805.htm Ms Archer says she'll only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. (ABC) The new Liberal Government is facing its first potential policy challenge with Independent Upper House MP Shelley Archer vowing to block any moves to repeal laws which decriminalise prostitution in Western Australia. Ms Archer says she voted for laws to decriminalise prostitution and regulate brothels in April, and will only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. "If they put together some legislation to impro…

11kg of cannabis may have got past scans Robyn Ironside Jodie Munro O'Brien September 17, 2008 Courier Mail http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...5006786,00.html Dope ... a man allegedly flew into Brisbane airport with 11kg of cannabis which was only found when he was stopped for a roadside breath test. A MAN allegedly flew into Brisbane Airport with 11kg of cannabis in his suitcase but the drugs were not detected until he was picked up by police for a roadside breath test a short distance away. Police said the man's hire car was pulled over in Airport Drive at Eagle Farm for a random breath test on Monday night when officers noticed a "faint smell of can…

September 16, 2008 THE AUSTRALIAN Copyright 2008 News Limited A NEW Zealand woman has been arrested and her young child taken into care after 300 cannabis plants were seized in a series of police raids in Melbourne's outer west. Police swooped on houses in Brampton Close, Delahey, about 10am (AEST) today following a two-month investigation, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said. They allegedly found 102 cannabis plants at one address, arrested a 41-year-old New Zealand woman and placed her two-year-old daughter in the care of the Department of Human Services. The woman was waiting to be interview by police and has not been charged. More plants were found at two…

Teens raiding medicine cabinets CLAIR WEAVER September 14, 2008 12:00am news.com http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,228...435-921,00.html ALMOST one in four teenagers raid their parents' medicine cabinets for prescription drugs in a new trend dubbed "pharming". Australian youths aged 12 to 17 are most likely to take medications recreationally because they are cheaper, easier to obtain and mistakenly believed to be "safe", a new study has revealed. In a risky bid to maximise their "hit", they are crushing cocktails of pills and snorting the powder, mixing them with alcohol or even injecting. Drug experts warn most young people genuinely don't realise experimenta…

Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 04:25pm NSW Police Force Media Release Police have seized in excess of $4 million worth of illicit drugs and charged 29 people as part of an ongoing 10-month operation on the Mid North Coast. The latest arrest was yesterday when a 22-year-old North Haven man was arrested at Port Macquarie police station and charged with knowingly take part in the supply of a large commercial quantity of cannabis. He was bailed to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court on 20 October. Operation Panelling was established by police from the Mid North Coast Local Area Command in December 2007 to investigate the commercial cultivation and supply of cannabis in the…

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15/09/2008 12:47:00 PM wimmera mail times Copyright © 2008. Fairfax Media. STAWELL police were late yesterday interviewing a 57-year old Stawell man after seizing a number of mature cannabis plants from a house in Napier Street. Police executed a search warrant on the house at 1pm after an anonymous tip from the public. Sergeant Michael Collins from Stawell police said cannabis plants grown hydroponically were found during the raid. Sgt Collins said the drug bust was a success. "It is more drugs taken off the street," Sgt Collins said. "We had three officers serve the warrant and we had no problems with the man, who came with us willingly. "The import…

Caroline Marcus September 14, 2008 SMH Online Copyright © 2008 Fairfax Digital Amazing how they come to these conclusions.

PADDY CLANCY Saturday, September 6, 2008 irishtimes.com © 2008 The Irish Times THE ROAD Safety Medical Bureau was criticised yesterday by a judge for failing to test for the level of drug intoxication in a driver arrested by gardaí. Ballyshannon District Court, Co Donegal, was told that a breath-test for alcohol on a young driver, Peter Gillen, proved negative. But Garda Seán Flynn still had suspicions about the reason for Mr Gillen’s unusual driving at 4.10am when he turned at speed into a housing estate without using his indicator. Mr Gillen, who was “very shocked, unsteady and very agitated”, was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving and later gave a urine samp…

September 14, 2008 Nearly 100 kilos of cannabis seized in Nador Nador, Sept.12 - Custom services in the northern city of Nador have recently seized some 95 kilos of cannabis resin, locally known as chira. The banned substance, processed in the form of capsules, was carefully hidden in sealed polyester Tajines and loaded into a car registered in France, custom services reported on Friday. A woman, holding both French and Moroccan nationality, and a Moroccan national were arrested part of this case and handed to the police for further investigation. Maghreb arab press ©MAP-All right reserved

Milkman, 72, 'delivered cannabis as well as pints to customers' doorsteps' By Daily Mail Reporter 12th September 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...-doorsteps.html Milkman Robert Holding has been accused of delivering cannabis as well as pints to customers that request it An elderly milkman has been accused of supplying pot with his pints. Robert Holding, 72, allegedly supplied cannabis resin to up to 17 customers. A court heard claims that they would leave a note with their empties asking him for the drug with their next delivery. Holding was arrested at his home after a police investigation which lasted several weeks, magistrates heard. The p…