Set aside funding to trial pill testing at festivals to save lives (PER647)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would involve three components.

omponent 1: Establish a drug testing agency with a number of drug testing sites in capital cities and regional hubs. The number of drug testing sites would be as follows.

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Legalise, tax and regulate the trade of cannabis (PER646)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would legalise the production and sale of recreational cannabis in Australia through a tightly regulated model, as follows.

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Legalise, tax and regulate the trade of cannabis (PER646)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would legalise the production and sale of recreational cannabis in Australia through a tightly regulated model, as follows.

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Legalise, tax and regulate the trade of cannabis (PER646)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would legalise the production and sale of recreational cannabis in Australia through a tightly regulated model, as follows.

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Expand safe injecting facilities (PER645)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components to establish medically supervised injecting centres.

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Fully fund opioid substitution therapies (PER644)

Summary of proposal

The Commonwealth Government would provide dedicated funding to state and territory governments to fund the dispensing fees for all patients receiving opioid dependence treatment (methadone, buprenorphine and buprenorphine‐naloxone) and any associated administration costs.

The dispensing fee funding would be a standardised amount paid by states and territories to dosing point sites (mostly community pharmacies) for each dose of opioid dependence treatment.

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Fully fund opioid substitution therapies (PER644)

Summary of proposal

The Commonwealth Government would provide dedicated funding to state and territory governments to fund the dispensing fees for all patients receiving opioid dependence treatment (methadone, buprenorphine and buprenorphine‐naloxone) and any associated administration costs.

The dispensing fee funding would be a standardised amount paid by states and territories to dosing point sites (mostly community pharmacies) for each dose of opioid dependence treatment.

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Fully fund opioid substitution therapies (PER644)

Summary of proposal

The Commonwealth Government would provide dedicated funding to state and territory governments to fund the dispensing fees for all patients receiving opioid dependence treatment (methadone, buprenorphine and buprenorphine‐naloxone) and any associated administration costs.

The dispensing fee funding would be a standardised amount paid by states and territories to dosing point sites (mostly community pharmacies) for each dose of opioid dependence treatment.

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Fully fund opioid substitution therapies (PER644)

Summary of proposal

The Commonwealth Government would provide dedicated funding to state and territory governments to fund the dispensing fees for all patients receiving opioid dependence treatment (methadone, buprenorphine and buprenorphine‐naloxone) and any associated administration costs.

The dispensing fee funding would be a standardised amount paid by states and territories to dosing point sites (mostly community pharmacies) for each dose of opioid dependence treatment.

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Cutting the PBS General Co-payment to $30 (ECR143)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would reduce the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) general patient co-payment to $30 on 1 January 2023. Following that the co-payment would continue to be indexed by the consumer price index on 1 January each year.

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