Page 3738 - Week 10 - Thursday, 14 September 2017
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Drugs—pill testing
MRS JONES: My question is to the minister for health. I refer to the government's working party on the feasibility of pill testing in the ACT. When will the working party on pill testing finish its work and when will they publish their findings?
MS FITZHARRIS: I thank Mrs Jones for the question. I expect that work to be completed in the very near future. The government will subsequently make an announcement on the assessment of the proposal to be put to it regarding pill testing.
MRS JONES: Has the committee on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs been consulted about pill testing, given that it has not met yet this year?
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister for Health, did you hear the question?
MS FITZHARRIS: I am not expressly sure what committee Mrs Jones is referring to.
MADAM SPEAKER: Would you repeat the question, Mrs Jones?
MRS JONES: Sorry, it is my voice. Has the committee on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs been consulted about pill testing, given, as per an earlier discussion in the chamber this year, it has not met this year?
MS FITZHARRIS: I think that the committee that Mrs Jones is referring to and that has previously been raised here was, in fact, related to the opioid treatment guidelines that Mrs Dunne’s earlier question was about. However, I know that, in the process of assessing the proposal received from the proponent of the pill-testing exercise, the ACT Health-led working group has, indeed, consulted a number of community stakeholders, including those in the alcohol and other drug sector.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, has there been consultation with the commonwealth government about pill testing, given the possibility that pill testing could be carried out on commonwealth land?
MS FITZHARRIS: Not expressly, to my knowledge, but I will take that question on notice.
Public housing—Wright
MR HANSON: My question is to the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development and it relates to the public housing development in Wright. Minister, what has the government changed in its proposal in response to its consultation? When will the final DAs be lodged?
MS BERRY: I thank Mr Hanson for his interest in and support for public housing in the ACT. The public housing renewal proposal has had some significant changes through conversations with the Wright community. Whilst there have been some members of the Wright community, and indeed some members opposite, including
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