House debates

Wednesday, 16 August 2006

Questions without Notice

Health: Substance Abuse

2:48 pm

Photo of Tony AbbottTony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Grayndler said:

But it is not the heroin per se that causes all these problems, it is often the criminalisation of the supply and use of heroin.

And we have the member for Lalor, who said through her spokesman:

If state governments make that decision—

that is to say, the decision to support injecting rooms—

... then we’d back them.

It is possible that all of these opposition frontbenchers have changed their mind. But unless they are prepared to publicly repudiate—

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