Unfortunately, the promise of both cannabis Senators voted into the WA upper house last year has quickly dissipated
The Australian Broadcasting Corp reports that Sen Moermond has joined the world of anti-vaxxers and has, in our opinion, quite rightly been excluded from the chamber until she is fully vaccinated
Meanwhile, remember November last year. when fellow cannabis senator Brian Walker also showed a complete lack of common sense when he thought it would be a great idea to be a ‘strategic consultant’ to Creso Pharma whilst also acting as the Select Committee Chair, into Cannabis and Hemp in WA.
He resigned the position but showed little public contrition.
Legalise Cannabis WA MP Brian Walker denies conflict over medicinal cannabis company
One wonders what candidates around the country in the newly formed national cannabis party think about issues other than cannabis and whether they should be airing those opinions.
Unfortunately in the game of Australian politics, they are being shown to be rank amateurs and both major parties won’t find it hard to persuade voters to ignore the one and only issue they should be concerning themselves with, a sensible regulatory environment for medical and recreational cannabis in Australia.
ABC Australia reports..
A West Australian MP for the Legalise Cannabis Party has been suspended from WA Parliament after a motion was passed requiring proof of vaccination.
The motion, which passed the upper house this afternoon, requires MPs to be triple-vaccinated against COVID-19, if eligible, or provide a valid exemption.
Two MPs have refused to publicly reveal their vaccination status: the Legalise Cannabis Party’s Sophia Moermond and Liberal MP Nick Goiran.
After the motion passed, Ms Moermond gathered her things and quietly left the upper house chamber.
But Mr Goiran remained in the chamber.
MP describes vaccine as ‘medical apartheid’
Meanwhile, Sophia Moermond used the debate to deny the science behind the vaccines.
She also described the mandate as medical apartheid.
In summing up what she had heard during the debate on the motion, the leader of the government in the upper house, Sue Ellery, said she had heard “hyperbole, hypocrisy, and some common sense”.
“Unfortunately, from my point of view, there was less of the latter,” she said.
Ms Ellery said the measure was based on health advice and parliament should be no different to other workplaces.
“Employers across Western Australia have had to adjust their work arrangements to manage the risk based on which of their employees are vaccinated or have a valid exemption,” she said.
“Parliament House is a workplace, for us as members and for the staff, the presiding officers and their managers need to know the status in order to manage the risk.”
Source:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-15/wa-parliament-resumes-amid-growing-covid-19-threat/100830980
