Responding to a draft recommendation of the NSW coroner that pill
testing be provided at music festivals, the ACT Greens have today called
for a static pill testing trial to be established in the ACT.
"I am not surprised to hear of the coroner's draft recommendation
relating to pill-testing. The Greens know that pill-testing is a
successful harm minimisation activity, and a key step to save lives in
festival environments," Greens spokesperson for Drug Law Reform Shane
Rattenbury said today.
"The NSW coroner is an independent judicial body that has today, after
exploring the evidence in relation to the deaths of six young people at
music festivals between December 2017 and January 2019, come to the
same conclusion of other medical bodies - that pill-testing reduces harm
from drug use.
"The ACT has
become the first Australian state or territory – with the exception of
hydro-rich Tasmania – to source the equivalent of all its electricity
from renewable sources, and in doing so has reduced its greenhouse gas
emissions by around 40 per cent and given a significant boost to the
Canberra economy.
In line with the contracted awarded via a
reverse auction to identify the cheapest sources of renewable
electricity, ACT is now purchasing the electricity produced by the
Hornsdale Stage 3 wind farm in South Australia. The supply from the
109MW wind farm has now tipped the ACT over the 100% renewable
electricity milestone."
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The Canberra Liberals have no plan to address climate change, are waging
a fearmongering campaign about the ACT’s climate change actions, and
oppose measures to financially assist Canberra households as we
transition to a sustainable future.
“The ACT is making nation-leading efforts to tackle climate change and
make Canberra a modern, green, and highly liveable city. These
initiatives are already bringing extensive environmental, social, and
economic benefits to Canberra, and Canberrans are rightly proud of
them,” ACT Greens leader and Minister for Climate Change and
Sustainability Shane Rattenbury said today.
