The former chairman and co-founder of Aspen Medical has revealed how the company obtained access to senior ranks of the Coalition government by participating in political fundraising and appointing a former Liberal cabinet minister to its board. Andrew Walker – who quit Aspen in 2019 and is now involved in litigation with the company's owner – has told Four Corners …
Over the past twenty years, the Victorian Liberal-National Party Coalition has consistently opposed the introduction of a supervised injecting facility for illicit drug users in Victoria. The inquiry report found that a facility could improve the health of injecting drug users, reduce drug-related harm in the community including demand on ambulance services, and seemed to enjoy public support. Albeit Liberal …