❓ Dr. Walker questions the Minister for Health regarding medicinal cannabis licenses in WA, the potential for increasing local production amidst international imports, and the possibility of using 'micro' licenses. The Minister responds that licensing is a federal matter.
AnsweredQoN 589Legislative Assembly
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Medical cannabis
589. Hon Dr Brian Walker to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister
for Health:
I refer the minister
to reports that Morocco has recently begun shipping medicinal cannabis to
Australia, and I note concerns expressed in the media earlier this year that
the Australian medicinal cannabis industry was already struggling to gain a
foothold amidst a flood of international imports.
(1) How many medical cannabis licences are
currently operable here in WA?
(2) Is the government open to increasing that
number, in the hope that Western Australia in particular, and Australia in
general, reach a point at which a far larger portion of our required medicinal
cannabis stocks come from the local market?
(3) If yes to (2), might local "micro"
licences, as used in Canada, be one option for the department to consider?
(4) If no to (2), why is our local agricultural
industry being disadvantaged in this manner, and what does the minister propose
to do about it?
589. Hon Dr Brian Walker to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister
for Health:
I refer the minister
to reports that Morocco has recently begun shipping medicinal cannabis to
Australia, and I note concerns expressed in the media earlier this year that
the Australian medicinal cannabis industry was already struggling to gain a
foothold amidst a flood of international imports.
(1) How many medical cannabis licences are
currently operable here in WA?
(2) Is the government open to increasing that
number, in the hope that Western Australia in particular, and Australia in
general, reach a point at which a far larger portion of our required medicinal
cannabis stocks come from the local market?
(3) If yes to (2), might local "micro"
licences, as used in Canada, be one option for the department to consider?
(4) If no to (2), why is our local agricultural
industry being disadvantaged in this manner, and what does the minister propose
to do about it?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for
Health.
(1)–(4) The issuing of licences and
permits for medicinal cannabis is administered under federal legislation, and
this data is therefore held by the Commonwealth government.
question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for
Health.
(1)–(4) The issuing of licences and
permits for medicinal cannabis is administered under federal legislation, and
this data is therefore held by the Commonwealth government.
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