Monday Headlines: 

• Australia launches UN seat campaign while Albanese in the US
• Child and three women dead after horror weekend of domestic violence in NSW
• Coalition unveils cheaper fuel plan
• Vic police working to ban AFL fans who threw bottles at umpires
• Ed Sheeran takes to the stage alone in first show since Macklemore axing

Deep Dive: Australia is one of the world's biggest consumers of illicit drugs, and the numbers are still climbing. The country's top cop, AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett, says the way forward is to talk about it louder - to convince Aussies that their weekend habit is bankrolling the gangs behind a wave of violence. But one of the nation's leading drug policy researchers doubts that will help.  

If decades of cracking down on supply hasn't dented demand, what actually works and why does so little funding go towards it?  

In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou is joined by Professor Alison Ritter, director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at UNSW, to discuss. 

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