Project STOP: not to be sneezed at
Eyes glugged, nose clogged, ears muffled, you seek a pharmacist’s help… only to be told to STOP. Do you really think we’d get this sick just for drugs? 1 Nov 2014
Students: to pee or not to pee…
A US court has just ruled American uni students can’t be forced to undertake mandatory drug tests. Are any Australian colleges trying this on? Let CLA know.
We need ‘drug sanity’ in Oz
At last, says the New York Times in a formal Editorial opinion, the USA is taking ‘A Saner Approach’ to marijuana and drugs. When will Australian politicians learn?
Govt fails in response to CJ’s comments
The WA Govt’s instant rejection of a sensible suggestion by Chief Justice Wayne Martin about justice reinvestment is just plain wrong. Taxpayers want politicians to save money, not ignore good ideas for doing so, CLA’s media release says.
Vaccination: the choice made for others
People frequently ask Civil Liberties Australia about the rights/wrongs of vaccination. This statement/article sets out our formal stance, and explains why and how far we support proven immunisation campaigns, as well as withdrawal of children from pre-…
Picking on the powerless: bullies rule, OK
Pro athletes are at the bottom of the pecking order in sport, and get picked on by everyone above them, and by the media, even though they alone carry the responsibility of being drug-free. It’s time we developed a way of giving athletes more say and co…
40 days: still no sports/drugs charge
Forty days and 40 nights after a drama-filled, alarmist media conference staged by the Australian Crime Commission and two federal government ministers, the saga of threats and bullying – by the government, abetted by the sports media – continues. Here’…
Island state leads on euthanasia
While the Greens and Labor are fighting federally, in Tasmania the leaders of both parties are cooperatively putting forward a proposal for euthanasia law. The proposals, and the safeguards, are spelt out in consultation papers, writes Prof George Willi…
Was this dumbest media conference ever?
We used to have a reputation for ‘world’s best practice model’ in high performance athlete development, and for ‘cutting-edge sports science sports medicine’…but one crime commissioner and two ministers trashed Australia’s reputation and our ‘national…
Sport, played out on new stage
Was the Drugs in Sport presser involving the ‘Three Spinners’ – Ministers Clare and Lundy plus ACC CEO Lawler – the first of a new form of media conference, where performance matters more than substance, and ‘stars’ act out roles to media and viewer bar…