Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question comes from Bec Bridson of Buderim, and goes to the minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Nash. November sees Australia one step closer to the use of medical cannabis, with the allocation of licences for growing medical grade cannabis. The federal government has deemed the end product capable of treating ailments such as epilepsy and cancer, and of pain management. But, more broadly, this miracle oil or capsule from whole-plant production is proving beneficial to sufferers of Crohn's disease, Parkinson's, PTSD, rheumatoid arthritis, autism, dementia, Tourette's, type 2 diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome—the list goes on. My question is: why is the government allowing states, if they choose to introduce medical cannabis, to regulate the trials and patient groups for this urgently needed life-saving drug on a state-by-state basis?