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: I was immediately reinstated in chaplaincy to
: retired christian brothers Waverley
: [previous chaplain at college was crim fr
: denham now in jail]-I WAS THREATENED IN MAIN
: STREET,MISTAKEN FOR FR DENHAM PICTURED AD
: INFRA!!
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: SAFE INJECTING ROOMS
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: Reverend the Hon. F. J. NILE: I ask the
: Attorney General a question without notice.
: What advice has he given to the Premier and
: what action has he taken or does he propose
: to take regarding the serious warning
: contained in a letter dated 20 August 1999
: to Reverend Father John George of Waverley
: from the Secretary of the United Nations
: International Narcotics Control Board, which
: has received wide media publicity and which
: states that the Government’s proposed legal
: shooting gallery in Kings Cross would
: contravene the United Nations international
: drug control conventions? The letter states:
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: The Board’s view is that permission
: given by any state or local authority for
: the establishment and operation of public
: injection rooms or shooting galleries would
: . . . facilitate and encourage illicit
: trafficking, while Governments have the
: obligation to combat illicit trafficking in
: all its forms. In fact, the creation of such
: outlets for illicit drug use is contrary to
: the international drug control conventions.
: As opposed to any open drug scene which may
: escape from law enforcement actions, a
: Government by sanctioning shooting
: galleries, would implicitly also enhance
: trafficking.
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: In view of that statement, what advice or
: action does the Attorney General propose to
: take if this Government’s decision was
: challenged in the United Nations, the World
: Court or even in Australia’s High Court?
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