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Home Parliamentary Business Committees Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023 Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023

Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023

REPORT - May 2024

Inquiry home page Committee home page
Full Report (PDF)

List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.161The committee recommends that the Senate not pass the Bill.

Contents

Members
Acronyms and abbreviations
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 - Introduction and background
  • Conduct of the inquiry and acknowledgement
  • Structure and scope of the report
  • Background and purpose of the Bill
  • Key provisions
  • Examination by other parliamentary committees
Chapter 2 - Key issues
  • Objective of the Bill
  • Functions of the CANA
  • Regulation of cannabis
  • Licenses for regulated cannabis activities
  • Delegated legislation
  • Economic opportunities
  • Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961
  • Constitutionality and incompatibility with states and territories
  • Committee view
  • Introduction
  • Policy costing undertaken by the Parliamentary Budget Office
  • Conclusion
Dissenting report by Senator David Shoebridge
Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information
Appendix 2 - Public hearings
In this section
  • About this inquiry

    An inquiry into the Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023.

  • Chapters
    • Chapter 1 - Introduction and background
    • Chapter 2 - Key issues
  • Other information
    • Members
    • Acronyms and abbreviations
    • List of recommendations
    • Additional Comments by Senator Paul Scarr
    • Dissenting report by Senator David Shoebridge
    • Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information
    • Appendix 2 - Public hearings
Full Report (PDF)
202 Submissions
2 Public hearings
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