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Public Address 14/12/06 - Walk The Line

Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:49 am
Column: HARD NEWS from Russell Brown

PUBLIC ADDRESS 14/12/06 - Walk the LIne

Walk the LIne | Dec 14, 2006 11:31
Russell Brown's Hard News

The news that drug-impaired drivers will be treated the same way as drunks behind the wheel has been coming for some time, and was essentially inevitable. But I think the Greens' Metiria Turei is right when she says the new regime raises some tricky civil rights issues...
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