Media Report: Legalise Cannabis makes united push for personal cannabis use in three Australian states

Here’s the party policy page on the website

https://legalisecannabis.org.au/party-policy/

We’re looking to see if we can find the text of the Bill

The Guardian reports

The party’s bill allowing adults to possess and grow small quantities of the drug at home will be introduced across Victoria, NSW and WA

Legalise Cannabis MPs are launching a coordinated push to make marijuana legal for personal use in three states and overhaul what the party says is outdated legislation that unnecessarily criminalises people.

The party’s drug reform bill will be introduced on Tuesday in state parliaments in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia – the jurisdictions where it has representation in the state’s upper houses.

Legalise Cannabis says it is the first time the same bill has been introduced across three states on the same day. The reform, which would allow adults to possess and grow small quantities of cannabis at home, is similar to ACT’s model that came into effect in 2020.

Rachel Payne, a Victorian Legalise Cannabis MP, said the bill encouraged state governments to be on the “the right side of history when it comes to cannabis law reform”.

She said longstanding prohibition meant Australians were criminalised for consuming cannabis, which was particularly prevalent among First Nations people, who are over-represented in the criminal justice system.

Read more

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/20/legalise-cannabis-bill-push-personal-use-victoria-nsw-western-australian?fbclid=IwAR3uWmsTRTqnIbpi8TIyDxQAH7jb0YtXYKhy4SLBAoPWpGYTa_SjkcqLyyY

Also

https://www.smh.com.au/national/our-name-says-it-all-legalise-cannabis-in-joint-offensive-20230619-p5dhkk.html?fbclid=IwAR0p_IKk8h0XZ_YJbcMVeF2-HcWTtHHY9OTLi4BaSHtp-KEEjFF-SdY_Qg8

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