Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis The Hon. T.A. FRANKS Legislative Council Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:38): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Leader of the Government, both as that and in his role as the industrial relations minister, on the topic of response to the interim report of the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS Legislative Council The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: The interim report of the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis was now tabled over a year ago, on 12 September. It had many recommendations that covered areas of health, transport and IR of particular significance to those in our community who are patients who require medicinal cannabis, often to keep their jobs or to get to their jobs, or indeed simply to function and have quality of life. My questions to the government are: 1.	Why has the government not yet responded to this important committee and given feedback on the recommendations? 2.	Have you or your department prepared a response with regard to the industrial relations recommendations in that report? 3.	How much longer do patients in this state have to wait for the Malinauskas government to give them the supports that they deserve? The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Special Minister of State The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:39): I thank the honourable member for her question. I don't have the information on me about where any government response is specifically up to. Much of that falls outside my portfolio, but I will take that on notice to bring back a response for the honourable member. I do note and appreciate the honourable member's leadership in this role. I know with the former Labor government under Premier Jay Weatherill there were some nation-leading reforms that the honourable member helped to spearhead, both in the use of medicinal cannabis in South Australia and also the use of textile and building materials with industrial hemp. I am happy to follow up and find out where that's up to.