Pill testing ban, Hannah Thomas officer assault + Trump on autism
Update: 2025-09-23
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Pill testing happened at a festival in Queensland for the first time just last year. Now, it's been banned. Why?
And a police officer has been charged with assaulting a Greens candidate at an anti-Israel protest in Sydney.
Plus, the autism community reacts to the Trump administration's new claims about an unproven link between paracetemol and autism.
Listen now:
01:13 - The state that introduced pill testing, then banned it
06:31 - Is pill testing dangerous?
14:02 - The police officer charged with assaulting Hannah Thomas
18:50 - The experts lining up to warn about Donald Trump's autism claims
Guests:
- Adriaan Bazelmans, Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- Michael McGowan, investigative reporter, The Sydney Morning Herald
- Bethany Woodman, autism advocate
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