How Australia's Weed Laws are Changing

Right now, it is completely legal to smoke a joint at home if you live in Australia’s capital city.

Travel twenty minutes across the border into New South Wales, and you could be looking at a court date. 

Across the country, three different governments are moving in three different directions on cannabis, with one easing the rules for patients, one pushing for a public vote on legalisation, and one cracking down harder than ever. 

Today we're mapping out exactly where Australia's drug laws stand, and why it all comes down to your postcode.

Host: Elliot Lawry and Zara Seidler
Producer: Orla Maher
Video Editor: Imogen Abbott

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