Legalise Cannabis WA MP Brian Walker has said he is at loggerheads with the state government over its failure to commit to long-promised drug driving reform.
His comments come after strong signals from New South Wales government that legislation would likely be introduced in May to allow unimpaired medicinal cannabis patients to drive.
Walker welcome the development and said it only highlighted the lack of progress in WA.
He said the government had six months to consider recommendations from its own THC-driving working group, which was established after a 2023 WA parliamentary inquiry found the state’s zero-tolerance laws unfairly penalised medicinal cannabis patients.
The group was tasked with reviewing evidence on impairment and considering amendments to allow prescribed medicinal cannabis users to drive while unimpaired.
But despite months of review from the state government, no legislative changes have been introduced.
“I entered parliament to help my patients, and to date, all I’ve managed to get from the government are lukewarm promises,” Walker said, as he branded the McGowan and Cook Labor governments as “cloth-eared”.
He said the Legalise Cannabis Party would no longer support government legislation in WA parliament.
“They have shown they are no friend to the medicinal cannabis community, and that is how I propose to treat them as a result,” he said.
