Hi there Monsignore,
I have been told by members of the police drug squad(informally if course, please don't quote me anyone) that Australia does have its own pill makers, at least on the pressing side. As for the chemical production itself, I don't know.
It seems that most of the real MDMA that lands in Australia comes from SE Asia, or so the 'word' is by people that I talk to and I tend to believe.
However, it has been stated that Australia has the lowest quality of 'Ecstacy' pills in the world it terms of volume of MDMA vs nonMDMA pills. Australia has a huge number of pills that regularly contain speed, ketamine or both (which is locally sourced), and sometimes just plain wierd stuff - opiates (don't quote me on that) and PMA (that one is definite).
It seems rare that European pills find there way here judging from pillreports.
[This message has been edited by Soma (edited 20 November 2001).]