Fewer police sniffer dog searches but most still don't find drugs [The Sydney Morning Herald] The number of people subjected to sniffer dog searches by NSW police has fallen to a five-year low, new figures reveal, but the proportion where no drugs are found remains stubbornly high. Last year the number of searches conducted after [...]

Student union to hand out drug-testing kits at University of Melbourne campus [The Age] University students will soon be able to check the potency and content of their party drugs, with pill-testing kits being distributed on campus. In what is believed to be an Australian first, the University of Melbourne Student [...]

Final decision on scheduling of cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinols [Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration] The TGA did decide on 31 August "to enable appropriate, timely access to medicinal cannabis products for human therapeutic use": ‘Fit and proper person’ test for medical cannabis growers [Echo Net Daily] The Turnbull government yesterday [...]

Push For Access To Medicinal Cannabis [NBN News] A Newcastle pharmacist is leading a push to make access to medicinal cannabis easier, for terminally-ill patients. He believes there’s a flaw in the current system, when it comes to how those in need can get help. Protesters at raids court cases [...]

Community Not Consorting Protest Next Monday Lismore Court House [Nimbin Hemp Embassy] The Nimbin "Laneboys" court cases begin next Monday and Tuesday September 5 and 6 and supporters and protestors are gathering outside Lismore Court House from 9 am on both days. All those who think cannabis law reform is [...]