Coalition accused of trying to send ACT back to 1950s after attempt to block drug decriminalisation

Greens senator David Shoebridge claims opposition to policy due to fears its success could be replicated elsewhere in Australia

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The Coalition has been accused of attempting to send the ACT government backwards to the 1950s after waging war on its plan to decriminalise drugs in the nation’s capital.

Responding to the opposition’s last-minute attempt to block the law on Thursday, the Greens senator David Shoebridge claimed it was due to the Coalition’s fear a successful drug decriminalisation program in the ACT could be replicated in other states and territories.

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