Cannabis law reform: motions

The question put

That this house notes that: (1) the Allan government’s regressive cannabis laws are ineffective and its rejection of the decriminalisation of cannabis will perpetuate far-reaching and harmful consequences for many of the most vulnerable Victorians and waste valuable police, court and prison resources on a victimless crime; (2) at the 2025 Labor Party state conference, Labor’s members voted that: (a) cannabis be legalised, taxed, owned and regulated by the state government; (b) all forms of cannabis possession and use be decriminalised; (3) conference delegates resolved that: (a) funds generated by a legalised cannabis industry could be used to fund: (i) the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System; (ii) the reform of the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector; (iii) the reform of WorkCover and WorkSafe; (iv) health-led housing; (v) Indigenous health; (vi) part of the state’s contribution to the national disability insurance scheme; (b) a percentage of the profits generated by a regulated cannabis industry could be directed to the mental health, AOD, WorkCover, WorkSafe, housing, Indigenous health and disability sectors; (4) this formalised a simi