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In the 1920s and 1930s, there was an increasingly internationalist approach to drug policy, overseen by the League of Nations, with Australia enacting a series of increasingly strict drug laws (Mandelson, 1987), [4] despite the low incidence of illicit drug use in Australia during this period.
The term "razor gang" is used in Australian political discourse to refer to a group – often a committee – tasked with finding ways to cut government spending. It was first widely applied to the Fraser government 's Review of Commonwealth Functions Committee, which was established in 1980 as a subcommittee of federal cabinet .
Alcohol sales were prohibited in the Australian Capital Territory between 1910 and 1928. Four referendums regarding the prohibition of alcohol were conducted in Western Australia, including one in each of the years 1911, 1921, 1925 and 1950. In 1837, laws were passed to prevent Aboriginal access to alcohol as binge drinking became problematic. [6]
The Australian Capital Territory (then the Federal Capital Territory) was the first jurisdiction in Australia to have prohibition laws. In 1911, King O'Malley , then Minister of Home Affairs, shepherded laws through Parliament preventing new issue or transfer of licences to sell alcohol, to address unruly behaviour among workers building the ...
The law does allow a minor to consume alcohol for religious purposes for example Holy Communion. It is an offence in Western Australia for persons of any age to drink in public, such as on the street, park, beach, or as a passenger in a hired vehicle without first having obtained a permit from the appropriate local government authority.
Pages in category "Drug policy of Australia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Drug courts in Australia; Drug Law Reform Australia; L.
The first state to introduce early closing was South Australia in March 1916 where the rationale was for supporting the war effort. The law had been approved in the previous year in a referendum held in conjunction with the state election. [1] Six o'clock closing was subsequently adopted in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania in the same year.
In July 2021, Australian police together with American and other countries police forces arrested dozens of drug smugglers and murderers worldwide in what was known as the ANOM operation. [ 121 ] 16 October to 3 November 2021 – Cleo Smith , a four-year-old girl from Carnarvon , disappeared on 16 October 2021 from a campsite in the Gascoyne ...