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6th November 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: A bill implementing a trial allowing people to drive a motor vehicle after having consumed medical cannabis was passed last week at
3rd November 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Final election results released today (3rd November) show the centre-right National Party with a majority of seats (48 out of 122). National
2nd November 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Eqalis CBD30, Eqalis CBD120, Symetis T17 B52, Symetis T17 Gorilla and Cumulus T17 have been verified by the Medicinal Cannabis Agency as
17th October 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe) has reclassified CBD from a prescription-only medicine to a restricted (pharmacist-only) medicine. This
2nd October 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: In a debate between the two parties with the best chances of winning the elections – taking place on 14th October 2023
8th September 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Green Party senator David Shoebridge has introduced a bill in Parliament that aims to legalise recreational cannabis. If passed, cannabis would be
22nd August 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Ministry of Health is seeking feedback on some proposed changes to the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulations 2019, which
10th August 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Green Party today introduced a bill aimed at legalising recreational cannabis. It follows a public consultation on the bill’s wording that found great public support for
31st July 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Ministry of Health has announced key changes to the medical cannabis regulations. The changes include expanding the medical cannabis
20th June 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Bills to legalise adult use of recreational cannabis are to be introduced in three states, press reports. The Legalise Cannabis Party is
10th May 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Tilray FS THC 5: CBD 20, a cannabis oral solution, has been verified by the Medicinal Cannabis Agency as meeting the minimum quality standard
20th April 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Medleaf High THC GG#4, a dried cannabis flower used to make tea, has been verified by the Medicinal Cannabis Agency as
8th March 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The government and opposition parties in the state of Victoria are supporting a bill introduced by the Legalise Cannabis party to allow patients prescribed
16th February 2023 - Australasia |
Vanuatu: The government has approved the regulations for the Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Act, press reports. Cultivation would be allowed only for export
15th February 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Legalise Cannabis party has introduced a proposal to allow patients prescribed with cannabis to drive, press reports. They say those who
3rd February 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Medleaf High THC Zour Apple, a dried cannabis flower to be used in the preparation of tea for oral consumption,
19th January 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Changes to the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme, related to product standards and approvals, are set to be presented by the Ministry of
19th January 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) has simplified the process of funding medical cannabis for armed forces veterans. It will now allow general practitioners
14th December 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The number of representatives in the Victoria state upper house who support the legalisation of recreational cannabis has increased following election results
14th November 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Four dried cannabis flowers for inhalation via a vaporiser were verified last week by the Medical Cannabis Agency as meeting
4th November 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has fined two medical cannabis companies for alleged unlawful advertising of unregistered medicinal cannabis products on their websites.
11th October 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Victorian Greens party has announced a plan to legalise and regulate the sale and consumption of recreational cannabis in the state of Victoria from 2024,
10th October 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: After the government-supporting Green Party urged the government to decriminalise cannabis, following US president Joe Biden's announcement to pardon all federal
7th October 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The left-wing and government-supporting Green Party urged the Labour government to decriminalise cannabis after US president Joe Biden announced to pardon
28th September 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Greens party intends to introduce a bill to legalise recreational cannabis, press reports. The party is currently drafting the bill, which it
13th September 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Two CBD liquids for oral use, Helius CBD25 Full Spectrum and Helius CBD100 Full Spectrum, have been verified by the Medical Cannabis Agency as meeting the
11th August 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Members of Western Australia’s state parliament are planning to introduce a bill to allow possession of up to 50 g of cannabis and
10th August 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: After criticism from the industry for being too restrictive, the Health Ministry has said it will review the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme and release a
29th July 2022 - Australasia, Fiji |
Fiji: The Illicit Drugs Control (Budget Amendment) Bill 2022 was passed by the parliament, local media reports. The bill would remove hemp and
18th July 2022 - Australasia, Fiji |
Fiji: Economy minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has announced the government’s intention of amending the 2004 Illicit Drugs Control Act to allow hemp with a THC concentration
29th June 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: A second new medical cannabis flower from MW Pharma Limited, trading as NUBU Pharmaceuticals, has been approved by the Ministry of Health.
21st June 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The pressure group Legalise Cannabis WA is urging state regulation to allow possession of up to 50 g of dried cannabis and the
16th June 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The New South Wales Legislative Council is conducting an inquiry into a bill introduced by the Greens to allow medical cannabis patients
27th May 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: A motion to decriminalise the possession of recreational cannabis introduced by the Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party (LCWA) has been rejected by
26th May 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Medicinal Cannabis Industry Australia (MCIA) has published a road map on the opportunities for the cannabis sector in the country. The document is
24th May 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: In a change of government, following the weekend’s federal election, Anthony Albanese is Australia’s new prime minister. His Labor Party now has 75
19th May 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Three new medical cannabis oral products from Cannasouth Bioscience Ltd have received approval from the Health Ministry. All of them are
14th April 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Two new medicinal cannabis flower products have received approval from the Health Ministry. One of them, Nubu Pharmaceuticals’ Kikuya Dune, is the first dried
8th April 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Agriculture minister Damien O'Connor announced a government grant of NZD13m ($8.9m) to a medicinal cannabis company. The goal is to
17th March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA) refuses to grant pets access to medical cannabis, press reports. The TGA decision follows a letter
17th March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) president John Skerritt has said in an interview that products containing delta-8 THC are not legal in the
2nd March 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Three cannabis flower products from the Australian Natural Therapeutics Group (ANTG) received approval from the Health Ministry. ANTG is the first company
25th February 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The state of Victoria has announced an amendment to its schedule system that will allow doctors to prescribe cannabis without prior state authorisation,
21st February 2022 - Australasia, Fiji |
Fiji: The island nation of Fiji is undertaking the first steps toward establishing hemp regulations, media reports. Officials have reportedly been in communication with
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