Opposition Tries to Overturn Decriminalisation of Hard Drugs in ACT

“In Canberra you will now pay more for parking across the lines in a shopping centre than being caught carrying ice,” Senator Michaelia Cash

A used syringe sits discarded on the sidewalks of San Francisco, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The federal opposition is looking to overturn the decriminalising of hard drugs in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but with a lack of support from Territory’s Labor-Greens government, the move looks likely to fail. 

Liberal Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Michaelia Cash introduced her Dangerous Drugs Bill on Sept. 14 in hopes of overturning the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Possession) Amendment Act of 2022.