ACT Parliament has passed laws to legalise the possession and cultivation of cannabis for personal use.
He said opposition would support some of the government's amendments, but remained fundamentally opposed to the bill. Chief Police Officer for the ACT Ray Johnson said ACT Policing would work with the government "to address the implementation" of the legislation. But days later, the DPP said on further consideration it would not be appropriate to provide a view on the proposed legislation.Addressing how it would interact with Commonwealth law, ACT Attorney-General Gordon Ramsay told ACT Parliament where there was a state and territory law, Commonwealth law allowed police and the courts to apply the laws of the state or territory.
Chief Police Officer for the ACT Ray Johnson said the force would now consider the detail of the legislation.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
About time too.
I think this tells us everything we need to know about Canberra priorities
This should be for any drug to eliminate the criminal element.We should be reallocating all of that surveillance money to proactive use like climate change or better family violence protection.
This is the point at which everyone suddenly realises how hard it is to grow decent weed without hydroponics etc.
Billies for everyone !
Fantastic they will all leave Melbourne get the same dole & steal from Canberrans instead of us
Hey well done man!
Yeah but drug test everyone else in other states.
Frank__Davies Gosh: this’ll boost housing demand in the ACT! Well done!😎
Wowsers! Scott Morrison will have a coronary when he gets back from America!
So not only do we have incompetent politicians but now stoned ones as well.
Bout time, again Aus is lacking behind in legalisation as per usual
Yeah so now not only does it have highest cost of living of electricity of garbage of land tax of rate it now has the highest politicians as well. What an epic disgrace. Andrew Barr is an epic joke.
Well that would make sense. I knew Canberra pollies have been on the cones for years! auspol 😂😂😂
Lol... naturally
The Public Service sits around in a daze now, may as well legalise it. 🥴😴😑
Big mistake. Health issues will follow and hospital cases will raise. Unintelligent decision by the politicians.
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