Former AFP Commissioner Mick Palmer says drug prohibition has failed and it's time to trial pill testing to save lives. Photo: AAP/Regi Varghese

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Drug policing has failed, time for pill testing: ex top cop

Australia must accept that its drug policies have failed and pill testing must be introduced to save young lives, the nation’s former top cop says.

 

National

AFP sought reporter fingerprints before media leak raid

Press freedom is again in the spotlight after fresh revelations federal police sought finger and palm prints of two ABC journalists under investigation over leaked documents.

News

Payne defends press freedom overseas, silent on AFP raids

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has defended her attendance at an international conference on media freedom, in the wake of federal police raids on journalists in Australia, saying she’s in a “no-win” situation.

News

Dutton defends penalties for media over leaks

Peter Dutton has stressed there’s nothing new about the idea that a journalist can go to jail for publishing top secret government documents, saying the suggestion there should be no penalty goes against “tradition”.

Opinion

Media raids a threat to journalism and right to know

Australia Federal Police raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist over publication of classified material have a chilling effect on public interest journalism. Freedom of the press must be defended in the face of toughened national security laws, writes Rebecca Ananian-Welsh.