I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) the efficacy of medicinal cannabis for managing crippling symptoms where other pain relief and medicines have failed, and

(ii) the urgency and importance of making medicinal cannabis accessible for patients;

(b) applauds the bravery of those families acting to ease the pain of their loved ones despite the anachronistic classification of medicinal cannabis;

(c) affirms the critical need for a framework that makes medicinal cannabis accessible through a doctor, legal, available and affordable; and

(d) urges the Australian Government to heed the voices and deeply moving stories of over a quarter of a million Australians who have called for legal and accessible medicinal cannabis.