The refusal from Dean Winter to state his position on pill testing and decriminalising drugs shows just how deep the internal divisions lay in the Labor Party.
It has now been 284 days since weak Winter became Leader of the Labor Party, and Tasmanians still have no idea where he stands on decriminalising drugs and pill testing.
Minister for Minister Police, Fire, and Emergency Management, Felix Ellis, said the internal divisions within the Labor Party are on full display with Winter too spineless to come clean on his position on drug use.
"The question is simple: Does Mr Winter endorse his Party's policies to allow public access to drug testing facilities and decriminalisation of illicit drugs?" Minister Ellis said.
"What is preventing Mr Winter from coming clean on his position – he either supports it or he doesn't?
"Is the Labor left holding Mr Winter back?
"Unlike the lacklustre Labor Party under Dean Winter, the Tasmanian Government's position has always remained the same: drugs are illegal for a reason - they cause addiction and destroy lives, while lining the pockets of criminals.
"The Greens want to legalise drugs, and with Labor increasingly playing footsie with the Greens, Tasmanians are rightly wondering what our streets would look like under a Labor Green accord."
