Senate passes medicinal cannabis legislation
The alterations made to the Narcotics Drugs Act has led to a favourable outcome for anyone seeking cannabis for medical and scientific purposes. However, this is still a huge step in the right direction.
The legislation has recognised and attempted to protect the rights of those who seek cannabis for genuine medical usage. “The many advocates who have fought long and hard to challenge the stigma around medicinal cannabis products so genuine patients are no longer treated as criminals”, quoted by Health Minister Susan Ley manifests her standing as well as many other people’s beliefs regarding medical cannabis. This reaffirms the idea that the passed law seeks …show more content…
Drivers are now obliged to allow at least a one-metre distance when passing a cyclist. Moreover, a 1.5-metre gap for roads with a speed limit of more than 60. Drivers are also now entitled to move across a centre dividing line, broken or unbroken, into the other lane, when wanting to overtake cyclists. This ensures the protection of the rights of cyclists.
Whether the new bicycle law will be enforceable is questionable. Bicycle laws will always be much harder to enforce as opposed to motor vehicle laws. Nevertheless, it is suggested that cyclists who are suspected of committing an offence will be stopped by a Police and be requested to present ID. Hence, indicating that the new law may be somewhat enforceable.
It has been stated by Transport for NSW, that riders will have 12 months to adjust to the establishment of the new laws. This ensures the accessibility of the new law, allowing cyclists and drivers to adapt with no …show more content…
The ‘no jab, no pay’ policy indicates that parents will miss out on the Family Tax Benefit Part A supplement and childcare subsidies if they fail to keep their child up to date with their immunisations.
The law recognises and strives to protect the rights of juveniles who are still unable to make vaccination decisions on behalf of themselves.
Nonetheless, the new policy is not enforceable and is only able to encourage the vaccination procedure for young children. Mr Corben quoted that he was not sure whether the policy would be able to convince hard-line anti-vaccination parents.
Since the announcement of the new policy, an outbreak of parents requesting for the vaccine in fear of missing out on welfare benefits has been noted. To withstand the sudden surge of requests, health departments are sending out increased vaccine supplies. This assures that accessibility will not be problematic as a consequence of the new