I am interested in the new Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis.

Section 3 Australia’s criminal environment AUSTRALIA'S CRIM INAL ENVIRONM ENT 17 S3 Table 3.1: Key substances in the Australian illicit drug market 2020–21 Substance Market characteristics Cannabis Serious and organised crime (SOC) groups are well established in the Australian cannabis market, although they do not dominate it.

Alcohol, cannabis, sexual relations Figure 5.2b shows the percentage of young people aged 11, 13 and 15 who, answered ̀ two or more tithes' when asked ̀ how often have you had so much alcohol that you were really drunk?'.

It also resulted in the recovery of 5.6 kilograms of cannabis, 5 grams of ecstasy, 93.5 litres of alcohol, 1.5 litres of petrol and 1 vehicle.

LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE FOURTEENTH REPORT SECOND SESSION FIFTIETH PARLIAMENT FOURTEENTH REPORT SECOND SESSION FIFTIETH PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF ASSkiVIBLY TA in nr.r ApiE 2 0 NOV 2002 The Committee has resolved to take no action in regard to the following Papers: 32 Controlled Substances Act 1984— Regulations — Simple Cannabis Offences - And that notices of motion given in respect of each of those papers be withdrawn.

Ms ANTCLIFF: We haven't had any discussions on this particular case and we are, as we said at the beginning, working through what oversight measures are agreeable between the Tourism Commission and DTTI. 6831 The CHAIRPERSON: A different topic—and I think we will come back to that, but time is getting on: is the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis based in DTTI?

Discover and understand In 2015–16, through the High Risk and Emerging Drugs No. 2 Special Operation, the ACC conducted 24 coercive examinations to fill intelligence gaps, identify insights and enhance understanding of serious and organised crime and high risk and emerging drugs, covering issues such as: � diversion of chemicals to manufacture 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) � manufacture of synthetic cannabis and importation of precursors and other substances for this purpose � techniques used by organised crime groups in an attempt to defeat Australian border controls � identification of methylamphetamine trafficking syndicates with links to a number of states.

The whistleblower became suspicious, as a TV is not an item usually seized as an exhibit from a cannabis grow house.

Ms ANTCLIFF: We haven't had any discussions on this particular case and we are, as we said at the beginning, working through what oversight measures are agreeable between the Tourism Commission and DTTI. 6831 The CHAIRPERSON: A different topic—and I think we will come back to that, but time is getting on: is the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis based in DTTI?

Armed incidents targeting hydroponically grown cannabis also continue to be of concern.