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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Australian review jeopardises Norfolk Island medicinal cannabis export deal 🌿Australian review jeopardises Norfolk Island medicinal cannabis export deal
A landmark deal to grow a high-strain medicinal cannabis on Norfolk Island for export to Canada is in jeopardy, with the Australian government reviewing the decision.
Last week, Perth-based AusCann Group Holdings was granted a licence by the Norfolk Island government, a self-governing external Australian territory, to grow a high-grade medicinal strain of cannabis. AusCann intends to export its first crop to Canada by July next year.
However, the granting of the licence came after the Australian government passed legislation to abolish Norfolk’s Island parliament and replace it with a local council, which means the island government is effectively in caretaker mode while its laws are brought in line with Australian ones.
From the end of June, Norfolk Island islanders will be brought under Australia’s taxation and welfare system during a transition period of about one year.
A spokeswoman for the assistant minister for regional development, Jamie Briggs, said the...
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