Cannabis
Motion: Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis Interim Report
September 26, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That the interim report of the committee be noted. It gives me great pleasure today to table and speak to the interim report of the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis. Members in this place would...
Read MoreMedicinal Cannabis Committee Unanimously Calls for Significant Medicinal Cannabis Reforms
September 16, 2024
Medicinal Cannabis Committee Unanimously Calls for Significant Medicinal Cannabis Reforms The Joint Committee on Medicinal Cannabis of the Parliament of South Australia unveiled its first report this week. The Committee’s six members straddle political parties and regional and metro parts of our state....
Read MoreQuestion: Drug Driving Laws
March 22, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking addressing a question to the minister representing the Minister for Police—or in fact, the minister representing every single minister in this place today—on the impact of cannabis and its effects...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis Defence) Bill
February 22, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:13): I rise behalf of the Greens to support this bill, a One Nation bill that is in fact very similar to legislation the Greens have previously introduced into this place and clearly an issue of ongoing of concern for...
Read MoreMotion: Legalisation of Cannabis
October 19, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:28): I move: 1. That, in the opinion of this council, a joint committee be appointed to inquire into and report on— (a) the potential impact of legalisation of cannabis in South Australia for adult use with reference to legal...
Read MoreQuestion: Do we have an Office of Industrial Hemp?
July 07, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:38): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development a question on the topic of the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Earlier...
Read MoreGreens Say it's High Time to Legalise Cannabis in SA
June 15, 2022
The Greens have introduced a Bill into the South Australian Parliament that would, if passed by both houses, legalise cannabis for adult use with regulation of the resultant legal industry through a Licensing Agency. The South Australian Cannabis Licensing Agency would establish oversight and...
Read MoreSpeech: Just Legalise It: Cannabis Bill
June 14, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:38): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise to speak to the Cannabis Legalisation Bill. It is high time that cannabis was legalised in this state. The time has come to legalise cannabis for...
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