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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 54 MIN

How Australia changed course on drug policy, and the forgotten boat people of East Timor

from Late Night Live — Full program podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Teenage vaping, pill testing, injecting rooms, medicinal cannabis and the opioid crisis: a look at Australia's efforts to manage illicit drug use. And the little boat of East Timorese asylum seekers that strained Australia's relationship with Indonesia.GuestsProfessor Des Manderson., Director of the Centre for Law, Arts and Humanities at the ANU. Author of 'High time: how Australia changed its mind about illegal drug use' (Black Inc Books)Associate Professor Vannessa Hearman, historian, Curtin University. Author of ‘The Good Sea: the journey of Tasi Diak and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia’ (MUP) Jose da Costa, Timorese-Australian writer, film director, actor, who was onboard the Tasi Diak

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