Schools Introduce Pill Testing to Ensure Students are Sufficiently Medicated

Schools across the state are set to introduce pill testing this month, in a bid to verify the quality of the wide variety of medications students are prescribed, ranging from mood stabiliser injections to peanut blockers. A NSW government health spokesperson told The Sydney Sentinel that the move would save lives. “Unmedicated students are challenging to teach and… Read More Schools Introduce Pill Testing to Ensure Students are Sufficiently Medicated

Sydney’s Lockout Laws Create the Three o’ Clock Swill

Sydney’s lockout laws have fuelled nightly hours-long speed-drinking sessions as people race to get as drunk as possible before bars and clubs close at 3am. Historians have dubbed it “a marathon version” of the six o’ clock swill that existed from 1916 to 1955, when Sydney-siders pickled themselves into oblivion in the hour between finishing… Read More Sydney’s Lockout Laws Create the Three o’ Clock Swill

Pokies by The Sea to Compete with Sculpture by The Sea

Maroubra council is set to launch Pokies by the Sea, a new beach-side exhibition designed to rival the hugely popular Sculpture by the Sea event currently taking place along the coastal path between Bondi to Bronte. Organisers have promised to include “all the classic titles, such as Big Red and More Chilli” in the exhibition, which… Read More Pokies by The Sea to Compete with Sculpture by The Sea