State Government Frozen on Ice Inquiry
Experts say Indigenous communities are paying the price for the New South Wales (NSW) government’s delayed response to the drug inquiry into the ice epidemic in the state, two and a half years after it was delivered.
The commissioner who led the inquiry, Prof. Dan Howard, said he was distressed by the effects of the NSW government’s “hard-line” approach to drugs.
“I am still haunted by seeing some (Indigenous) elders in tears explaining the lack of action and the problems that family members and members of their communities have had,” he said on Thursday.
The $10.8 million (US$7.5 million) inquiry received more than 250 submissions and handed down more than 100 recommendations in January 2020….