Pill testing ban, Hannah Thomas officer assault + Trump on autism

23/09/2025 30 min
Pill testing ban, Hannah Thomas officer assault + Trump on autism

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Episode Synopsis


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 it06:31 - Is pill testing dangerous?14:02 - The police officer charged with assaulting Hannah Thomas18:50 - The experts lining up to warn about Donald Trump's autism claimsGuests:Adriaan Bazelmans, Students for Sensible Drug PolicyMichael McGowan, investigative reporter, The Sydney Morning HeraldBethany Woodman, autism advocateGet the whole story from Hack:Follow us on InstagramSubscribe to the hack podcastListen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm

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