Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Perhaps it might be instructive to use a couple of scenarios. Under this legislation, why wouldn't a substance like a herbal tea that contains caffeine but is not currently registered for use in Australia—such as some of the caffeinated beverages that are used by particular cultural groups—be captured under this bill? We know that caffeine has psychoactive properties; it can produce anxiety and tremor and so on. Why is it that a substance like that is not captured under this bill? It seems to me that it would be.