A Griffith Councillor has thrown his support behind politicians submitting to drug tests, after measures were introduced subjecting welfare recipients to random drug tests in the 2017 budget.
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The comments come in the wake of Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie’s call for politicians to “lead the way if they are to expect welfare recipients to be drug tested.”
It is a call to arms resonating with Griffith man and long-time Councillor Simon Croce, who says personally he can’t see why there would be a problem with extending the proposal to anyone paid by the public purse.
“If they are going to be drug testing welfare recipients then if it is good enough for them it is good enough for me,” he said.
“As a Councillor you can say it is the public purse, it is the ratepayers who pay our allowance to do what we do. . .so line me up and test me if you want to – I think it’s only fair.”
Mr Croce’s comments would appear to be in line with the opinion of most Australians with a vast majority believing politicians should be held accountable in a similar manner.
84 per cent of the nation believe MPs and Senators should be drug tested and have their pay docked if their results come back positive, according to a recent YouGov-Fifty Acres poll.
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