Patterns of e-cigarette use among a sample of people who regularly use ecstasy and related drugs in Sydney NSW, 2014-2022.

The Ecstasy and Related Drug Reporting System (EDRS) has been monitoring patterns of e-cigarette use and behaviour since 2014. Thus, this bulletin aims examine the past six-month use of any e-cigarettes (prescribed and non-prescribed) among a sample of people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants in Sydney, NSW, from 2014-2022. This bulletin will also examine the use of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool and the concurrent use of tobacco and e-cigarettes (i.e., ‘dual’ use)

Australian Drug Trends 2024: Key Findings from the National Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews

The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a monitoring system identifying trends in illicit drug markets that has been conducted in all capital cities of Australia since 2000. The IDRS is an ongoing project that has been conducted on an annual basis in Sydney, New South Wales since 1996, and in all capital cities of Australia since 2000. Capital cities contain the major drug markets (e.g., the Melbourne suburb of North Richmond) wherein the majority of drug use occurs. As such, it is in these cities that new trends, that may diffuse to other areas, are likely to emerge. The IDRS monitors the price, perceived purity and perceived availability of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs. It also examines trends in the use of these drugs, and associated behaviours and harms. The IDRS is designed to be sensitive to emerging trends, providing data in a timely manner, rather than describing issues in extensive detail. This report presents the findings from interviews conducted in 2024

Can Willing Migrant Sex Workers be Real Victims of Human Trafficking? A WPR Analysis of the Australian Modern Slavery Act Inquiry Report.

Using Bacchi’s (2009) What’s a Problem Represented to be? (WPR) methodology, this paper analyses the Hidden in Plain Sight: An Inquiry into Establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia Report to examine the deep-seated assumptions, historical ways of thinking, and the silences used to support the contemporary construction of the problem of human trafficking in the Australian sex industry. This paper will also focus on how the Report understands migrant sex workers and their association with trafficking. In doing so, the aim is to destabilise the taken for granted knowledges and truths presented in the Report. Finally, the paper will provide alternative ways of understanding migrant sex workers and trafficking in the sex industry that may broaden all victims’ access to Australia’s human trafficking response, irrespective of the industry they are located in