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The Federal Government has ordered an urgent review after a licence was granted to grow a commercial crop of marijuana on Australian soil.
The AusCann group announced plans to cultivate the drug on Norfolk Island and export medicinal cannabis to Canada, where doctors can grant approval for patients to purchase cannabis from licensed producers.
AusCann have been granted a growers licence by the parliament of Norfolk Island. Last year, a similar licence was vetoed by the Federal Government.
Norfolk Island is a self-governing territory more than 1000km from the Australian mainland.
It has a population of just over 2000 and covers an area of 34 square kilometres.
Today the federal government announced the licence is "currently under review" and that "it's not clear if any due diligence has been applied and the decision is inconsistent with established caretaker procedures".
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