Mark Butler has come under renewed fire for failing to back a nationwide medicinal cannabis compassionate access scheme, with the Labor health minister accused of saying one thing in opposition and backtracking now his party is in power.

The Liberal chair of the cross-party Parliamentary Friends of Medicinal Cannabis Group, Warren Entsch, described the government’s refusal to seed fund the scheme as “frustrating and disappointing”.

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Steve has reported for a number of consumer and B2B titles over a journalism career spanning more than three decades. He is a regulator contributor to health journal, The Medical Republic, writing on...

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