I'll be talking to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social about drug policy on August 6 for UNSW Greens Society. Details are below:

The recent report from the special envoy to combat anti-semitism asks for censorship and funding restrictions on public institutions that criticise Israel and its violence towards Palestinian, Lebanese and Iranian people.

Our next *online* seminar will be on July 18th with George (Kev) Dertadian @kdertadian.bsky.social from UNSW. Kev will be presenting his discourse analysis of Australian media coverage of pharmaceutical dependence. See the link below for more details: vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

New chapter in ‘International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies’ with Phillip Wadds exploring historical and contemporary case studies of harm reduction to reflect on how we might get to a police-free future

There is a war on children in Gaza, and this incredibly powerful and heartbreaking piece outlines the legal structures that make it possible, and the devastating impact it is having on an entire generation. “A nuclear power considers a sick baby to be a security concern.”

New op ed out today with The Policymaker about the need to prioritise low-threshold, community-led and run harm reduction services during the current overdose crisis.

ANU media piece out now, where my awesome colleague Helen Keane is interviewed about a recent paper we published together, and how our findings relate to depictions of addiction and whiteness in the recent season of White Lotus. You can read the article here: reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...

Good piece exposing the logic and consequences of the cowardice currently being displayed by scholars in holocaust and genocide studies because of proximity to Israel and the Zionist project.

Have you (or someone you are close to) been criminalised by #police, lived in #prison, #immigration detention or out-of-home care? www.linkedin.com/posts/system...

New paper in Contemporary Drug Problems journal with Helen Keane and Harriet Sherlock on Australian newspaper coverage of dependence on pharmaceuticals.

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.

It's Christmas!! And while I'm more into the being with people you love and gift giving part of this time of year, it is based on a religious story.

New paper in International Journal of Drug Policy with Vicki Sentas exploring th perspectives of people who inject drugs on drug #decriminalisation.