Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I have a supplementary question, Mr President. I thank the minister for his answer and I am pleased to see that the government is looking at economic replacement. Can I also ask, and I repeat my question in this respect, if the government will properly evaluate the effectiveness of the current system of law enforcement, which has been shown to be ineffective in stopping heroin coming to this country. Will the minister take on notice whether he accepts the fact that addiction is very difficult to overcome and change the fact that treatment services in this country are hopelessly under-resourced? Will he take harm minimisation seriously, such as safe injecting rooms? Will the government take steps to work with Afghanistan to encourage them to join legal heroin production systems for conventional pharmaceuticals as well as economic replacement crops?