Chris Minns
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2,520 appearances
6 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 10 Jun
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We hope it passes.
And it will mean that not if you're inebriated, not if you're impaired, but if you have it in your system under a certain amount,
then you can continue with your life without the fear of losing your job, your license, and negatively affecting the way you work.
That's a change at the federal level where...
they introduced the concept of accessing cannabis and marijuana via a doctor and a prescription rather than people using it effectively on the black market.
Now, I agree with that decision as it happens, but it was made many years ago before I was even in government and certainly not in a position to change the laws as it relates to driving.
Now, in terms of the roadside drug testing, Chris,
50 nanograms per mil is the technical definition for presence in the system.
We're keeping that exactly the same.
That's the same as it is today as it would be tomorrow if the legislation was brought in.
The same regime will apply.
You can't drive after you...
record above 50 nanograms per mil under the current system.
That'll be the same under us for 24 hours.
The difference is rather than throwing everything in the magistrate's court and clogging up the legal system, we're going to be in a situation where there's a warning regime so that you can moderate your use.
The second element here, which we currently don't have in New South Wales, is that
In order to use the system, you'll have to undertake an education campaign.
You'll have to register as a medicinal cannabis user in New South Wales.
It will be on your license.
At the moment, none of that applies.
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