For months, we’ve been fighting the Liberals over their cruel denial of access to medical cannabis for terminally ill patients. I’m so pleased to tell you that, this morning, the Senate has passed the Greens' Bill.
This bill secures timely access to medicinal cannabis for the people who need it most, and creates a level playing field for the emerging medicinal cannabis industry. Getting it through the Senate is a huge win!
By blocking access to terminally ill patients (many of them children), the government has been deliberately defying the will of the Senate. That’s why I’m delighted to see my Senate colleagues support the Greens and vote for what is right.
As a doctor, I have seen people all over Australia suffering and in awful pain. It’s truly harrowing. For the most vulnerable patients, speedy access to medicinal cannabis is the difference between being able to eat or wasting away. This Bill will ensure that medicinal cannabis is available under Category A of the Special Access Scheme -- so whether it is imported or produced here in Australia, those in need will have quick access.
The Australian Greens acknowledge the proud traditional custodians of the land upon which we've sent this email from, and where we live and work. We pay respects to the Elders, past, present and future, across the many Nations, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and the hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia. Their ancestral ties to country have never been extinguished, and sovereignty never ceded.
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