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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1058 asked in the Legislative Council on 1 December 2021 by Hon Dr Brian Walker

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CANNABIS — LEGALISATION

1058. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

I refer the Premier to media coverage of the German government's decision to legalise the sale of cannabis for personal use, and particularly to Oliver Moody's article in The Australian of 26 November 2021 entitled ''Germany must dare to be more liberal: new chancellor''.

(1) Does the McGowan government monitor international trends in cannabis legalisation, or other drug reforms for that matter, and do moves in our allied and aligned Western democracies in any way feed into its thinking on legal reforms here in Western Australia?

(2) If no to (1), how many more jurisdictions will have to legalise personal use of cannabis before the government acknowledges that it has fallen behind in terms of what is a clear and growing progressive trend supported by the majority of Western Australians?

(3) Acknowledging that ''liberal'' can be a loaded term here in Australia, does the McGowan government have any plans to be at least more socially aware when it comes to drug reform in general, and cannabis reform in particular, or will it remain turgidly conservative?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(3) The state government has no plans to amend existing cannabis laws in Western Australia.