James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Watt. From 28 October 2023 the ACT will decriminalise the possession of small amounts of the most commonly used illicit drugs. This comes after the ACT health minister reportedly boasted to a roomful of activists at Labor's national conference about how Canberra's Labor-Greens government was able to quietly but quickly decriminalise illicit drugs. Does the federal government support their ACT Labor government colleagues' plan to decriminalise hard drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine?