For the 2022 general election, there were 14 parties with at least one candidate in the Legislative Council and five groups of independents.305 Of those parties and groups, seven parties were entitled to public funding as a result of getting over 2% of the first preference votes in the Legislative Council: Labor (37%); the Liberal Party (34.4%); the Greens (9.0%); One Nation (4.2%); the Liberal Democrats (3.3%); Family First (3.1%); and Legalise Cannabis SA Party (2.1%).

The functions of the Therapeutic Goods Section will be to control the distribution, availability, use and standards of purity, safety and efficacy of drugs of dependence, prohibited, medicinal and non medicinal poisons, therapeutic substances and devices.

In regard to the ability of the Minister for Health to grant licences, authorities or permits with respect to somebody manufacturing, cultivating, supplying, administering or possessing cannabis or cannabis derivatives, is there a place in the department where that request will go to, or does it go direct to the Minister for Health?

It is arguable, that committed, continuous use of cannabis would amount to unprofessional conduct.

It is arguable, that committed, continuous use of cannabis would amount to unprofessional conduct.

Approved by the Board in December 2012 and extended until 30 June 2015, the Task Force has already achieved significant traditional law enforcement outcomes, including: � seizing more than $37.86 million cash � seizing drugs and precursors with a combined estimated street value of more than $642 million through seizures in all states � dismantling the largest ever clan lab discovered in Victoria � discovering the largest indoor hydroponic cannabis crop in New South Wales � seizing one of the largest amounts of liquid methylamphetamine in Victoria (365 litres in April 2013 in Melbourne) � restraining more than $30 million worth of assets and the referral of over 150 entities to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for suspected money laundering/tax evasion � disrupting 25 serious and organised criminal groups/networks � identifying more than 180 targets previously unknown to law enforcement � arresting 167 people on 362 charges, including many serious drug

The most common illicit drug used was cannabis, followed by ecstasy and pain killers/ analgesics (for non-medical purposes).

Several noted the need to consider problems related to use of amphetamines and cannabis.

Australian Journal of General Practice, 2023, 52(8): 547-555, doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-22-6579; M van der Zanden and AW Nap, ‘Knowledge of, and treatment strategies for, endometriosis among general practitioners’, Reproductive biomedicine online, 2016, 3(5): 527-31, 10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.02.003; Also see Committee Hansards: PPFA (Associate Professor Susan Evans), 5 June 2024; Berri Hearing (Elizabeth Eske), 12 June 2024; Submissions: 73, 83. 2 Committee Hansard: PPFA (Associate Professor Susan Evans), 5 June 2024, p. 55. 3 See for example: J Sinclair, CA Smith, J Abbott, KJ Chalmers, DW Pate and M Armour, ‘Cannabis use, a self- management strategy among Australian women with endometriosis: results from a national online survey’, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2020, 42(3): 256-261, doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.08.033; R O’Hara, H Rowe and J Fisher, ‘Self-management factors associated with quality of life among women with endometriosis: a cross- sectional Australian survey

This Bond related to Mr Jones being sentenced for two years and three months with a non-parole period of one year in 2011, for the offences of Traffic Type Unknown in a Controlled Drug, Possess Controlled Drug (not cannabis) Possess Prescription Drug (not being drug of dependence) x 3, Unlawful Possession and Aggravated Possess Firearm Without Licence.