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Renowned as the most liveable city in the world, spacious and pristine Canberra is the envy of many. For those of us lucky enough to live here, we habitually take advantage of the…

We all know one of these depraved activities is already outlawed in Bali on pain of death (or extended periods in custody). Drugs have long been illegal at the favourite holiday destination, and…

Remember the days when anyone who lived without delicious ice cream, chocolate or cheese were doing so because of a dire health condition or allergy? Remember how you pitied those people? Well, pity…

The world’s current attitude toward drugs isn’t working. This is what the President of Colombia recently said, and Ben Aulich agrees. Here’s why.

Go and hunt her And find her And kill her  Good fortune, Witch Hunters! …What a ridiculous notion, everyone knows it is dangerous to jump to conclusions like that. However, as a defence…

You may have heard three people recently died and many were hospitalised in a critical condition due to a “bad batch” of MDMA in Melbourne (see: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-16/three-people-die-from-drug-overdoses-in-melbourne/8185134). Consequently our government remains as committed…

Most of us are probably familiar with the heart ache of a break up. Even in mutual splits there is bound to be some level of animosity between the parties. Whilst break ups…

Nearly all of us have an online presence whether that be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and in some cases, Grindr and Tinder.  We frequently communicate with each other, for various purposes, using…

Ben Aulich & Associates’ Kate Gunther considers a new approach to punishment in the ACT: Given recent reports of overflow in the Alexander Maconochie Centre, Canberra’s only prison, it is timely to question…