❓ Question regarding the timeframe for concluding deliberations and consultations on Kronic (synthetic cannabinoid drug). The Minister's response is dismissive and deflects by attacking the opposition's past policies on cannabis.
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KRONIC — SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID DRUG
I have a supplementary question. Can the minister indicate the time frame for concluding his deliberations and his consultations? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I have a supplementary question. Can the minister indicate the time frame for concluding his deliberations and his consultations? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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Let me see: how many hours, how many days, how many minutes, how many seconds—what a stupid question! What a stupid, stupid question; it really is. We will deal with it — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Let me see: how many hours, how many days, how many minutes, how many seconds—what a stupid question! What a stupid, stupid question; it really is. We will deal with it — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Let me see: how many hours, how many days, how many minutes, how many seconds—what a stupid question! What a stupid, stupid question; it really is. We will deal with it — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: Let me see: how many hours, how many days, how many minutes, how many seconds—what a stupid question! What a stupid, stupid question; it really is. We will deal with it — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Let me see: how many hours, how many days, how many minutes, how many seconds—what a stupid question! What a stupid, stupid question; it really is. We will deal with it — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let me just say this: we will deal with it a lot quicker than members opposite would ever have dealt with it. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : A lot quicker than they would ever have dealt with it! Members opposite were encouraging people to grow their own, roll their own and smoke their own. We have a very, very different attitude from what they had! Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve got no laws about this! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Even from the member for Girrawheen! We will deal with it as expeditiously as we possibly can, I assure members, because we do not want to see — Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Ms M.M. Quirk : What does that mean—next year? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Look it up in the dictionary. The member is a very intelligent person most of the time — Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Ms M.M. Quirk : I know you’ve been on holidays, minister, but get on with it! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Get on with it! I love you; you really are lovely, you know. You really do — Several members interjected.
Several members interjected.
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