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The ACT Government announced in September they would allow free pill testing to take place at the Spilt Milk music festival in Canberra on November 25, making it the first festival in Australia to provide this harm reduction service. However, Spilt…

Mental health is an important issue in Australia, especially when it comes to criminal law. But, is mental health a viable excuse for criminal conduct?

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…

Knowing your legal rights when it comes to music festivals With increasing police presence at music festivals, it is no surprise that more and more Australians are being arrested and charged for minor…

Come November, the legalisation of marijuana use for medical purposes will come into effect in Canberra. This is a ground-breaking feat, and has the potential to benefit many ill (some terminally) people. However,…

The growing number of drug related deaths at Australian music festivals call for drastic measures. The availability of pill testing services at places where there is likely to be a large consumption of…

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…

Adrian McKenna, Senior Associate at Ben Aulich & Associates, calls for reform to laws unfairly punishing drivers with cannabis in their system. The Canberra community is increasingly learning the fallacy of the ACT…

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…

An illegal immigrant linked to a large-scale cannabis grow house network operating in Canberra has been deported despite warnings he could never face justice for his alleged involvement. Ong Yap, 35, pleaded not guilty to participating in…