https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/karmakoalapodcast/episodes/2025-03-04T04_47_33-08_00
In our secret location in an, as yet, unlogged part of NSW we get Senator David Shoebridge, the Greens Party spokesperson For Justice (inc Attorney-General and Drug Law Reform) up the tree for a chat.
We spoke with David prior to Christmas about his landmark cannabis bill presented last year to the Australian parliament.
If you haven’t read the bill here it is
0000_Here also is the Greens report on cannabis from 2023
Legalising-Cannabis-Bill-2023-Report
In our last discussion we delved into what he hoped the bill would achieve in terms of setting up a national conversation.
Now in early March 2025 we are waiting for the incumbent Australian administration to call a federal election
I speak to David about the conversation the Greens want to have about cannabis regulation and try and squeeze some information out of him about party thinking before they present their election manifesto.
As with any politician worth their salt he fed me a couple of tidbits but I’ll have to wait to hear along with everybody else their full plans.
We spoke about working with other parties, some of the challenges of getting law enforcement onside and thoughts on how to build an industry that can be part of the process of bringing new jobs to rural parts of Australia.
As David said towards the end of our chat, hopefully sooner rather than later we can meet up over a Matcha Cannabis Coffee in a cannabis cafe built from hempcrete and discuss next steps in that convivial environment.
That would be nice!
Senator David Shoebridge
Senator for NSW
- Party Australian Greens
- Chamber Senate
Electorate Office
(Principal Office)Suite 201, Level 2, 1A Lawson Square
Redfern, NSW, 2016
Parliament Office
PO Box 6100
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Biography
David Martin Shoebridge (born 17 September 1971) is an Australian politician and former barrister. He is a member of the Australian Greens and was elected to the Senate as the party’s lead candidate in New South Wales at the 2022 federal election, to a term beginning on 1 July 2022. He previously served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2010 to 2022 and on the Woollahra Municipal Council from 2004 to 2012.
- Shoebridge was admitted as a lawyer in 1998, and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 2003. He started his professional career as an associate to Justice Eric Baker of the Family Court of Australia (from March 1996 to March 1998). He worked as a lawyer for 13 years, the majority of this time as a barrister with a focus on personal injury law, employment, discrimination and tort law.[5]
- Source & More
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shoebridge
- Parliamentary service
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- State: Member of the Legislative Council (NSW) from 2010 to 2022.
- Federal: Elected to the Senate for New South Wales, 2022.
- Committee service
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- Joint Select: National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation served from 29.9.2022 to 10.11.2022
- Joint Standing: Implementation of the National Redress Scheme served from 6.3.2023 to present; Migration served from 25.3.2024 to present
- Joint Statutory: Law Enforcement served from 26.7.2022 to present; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 26.7.2022 to 1.7.2023; National Anti-Corruption Commission served from 9.2.2023 to present; Human Rights served from 4.7.2024 to present
- Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served from 26.7.2022 to present; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 26.7.2022 to present; Economics: References served as Substitute member from 28.9.2022 to 30.11.2023; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served as Substitute member from 9.3.2023 to 31.7.2023; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served as Substitute member from 22.6.2023 to present; Economics: Legislation served as Substitute member from 30.11.2023 to 28.2.2024; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Substitute member from 7.12.2023 to present
- Senate Select: Australia’s Disaster Resilience served from 1.12.2022 to present; Adopting Artificial Intelligence served as Deputy Chair from 27.3.2024 to 26.11.2024
- Parliamentary party positions
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- Australian Greens. Served: 01.07.2022 to present
- Australian Greens Spokesperson for Justice, Defence and Veterans’ Affairs and Digital Rights from 17.6.2022 to 15.5.2023.
- Australian Greens Spokesperson for Justice, Defence, Veterans’ Affairs, Digital Rights and Science from 15.5.2023 to 25.3.2024.
- Australian Greens Spokesperson for Defence and Veterans’ Affairs, Digital Rights and IT, Home Affairs, Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs and Justice (includes Attorney-General and Drug Law Reform) from 25.3.2024.
- Personal
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- Born: 17.9.1971, Sydney, Australia
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- State/Territory Government service
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- Member of the Legislative Council (NSW) from 2010 to 2022.
- Local Government service
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- Councillor for the Woolahra Council from 2004 to 2012.
