A new Parliamentary Friends of Medicinal Cannabis Group (PFMCG) has formed in Canberra after the previous incarnation was dissolved prior to last year’s federal election.
Labor senator Anne Urquhart and Liberal MP Warren Entsch – both members of the previous PFMCG – are co-convenors of the new group, which will meet for the first time in May.
The Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) has been invited to help plan the agenda.
A total of 31 MPs have signed up, including assistant minister for health and aged care Ged Kearney, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Greens senator and justice spokesperson David Shoebridge.
The 17 lower house members and 14 senators comprise 19 from the Labor party, three Liberals, three Greens, two each from The Nationals and One Nation, with one independent and one from the Jacqui Lambie Network.
The list in full…
| Name/Party | Electorate/State |
| Anne Urquhart, Labor | Tasmania |
| Warren Entsch, Liberal | Leichhardt, Queensland |
| Brian Mitchell, Labor | Lyons, Tasmania |
| Bert van Manen, Liberal | Forde, Queensland |
| David Shoebridge, Greens | New South Wales |
| Richard Colbeck, Liberal | Tasmania |
| Nita Green, Labor | Queensland |
| Carol Brown, Labor | Tasmania |
| Pauline Hanson, One Nation | Queensland |
| Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens | Tasmania |
| Karen Grogan, Labor | South Australia |
| Dan Repacholi, Labor | Hunter, New South Wales |
| Malcolm Roberts, One Nation | Queensland |
| Peta Murphy, Labor | Dunkley, Victoria |
| Ged Kearney, Labor | Cooper, Victoria |
| Catryna Bilyk, Labor | Tasmania |
| Louise Miller-Frost, Labor | Boothby, South Australia |
| Louise Pratt, Labor | Western Australia |
| Tammy Tyrell, Jacqui Lambie Network | Tasmania |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Labor | Higgens, Victoria |
| Kristy McBain, Labor | Eden-Monaro, New South Wales |
| Fiona Phillips, Labor | Gilmore, New South Wales |
| Sam Birrell, The Nationals | Nicholls, Victoria |
| Perin Davey, The Nationals | New South Wales |
| Luke Gosling, Labor | Solomon, Northern Territory |
| Steve Georganas, Labor | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Jordon Steele-John, Greens | Western Australia |
| Julian Hill, Labor | Bruce, Victoria |
| Josh Burns, Labor | McNamara, Victoria |
| Josh Wilson, Labor | Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Kylea Tink, Independent | North Sydney, New South Wales |
