A newly formed Parliamentary Friends of Medicinal Cannabis Group (PFMCG) has been established in Canberra, reviving a body that was wound up ahead of last year's federal election.
Labor senator Anne Urquhart and Liberal MP Warren Entsch – both participants in the previous PFMCG – are serving as co-convenors of the reconstituted group, which is scheduled to hold its first meeting in May.
The Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) has been brought in to assist with shaping the meeting agenda.
Thirty-one MPs have joined the group so far, among them assistant minister for health and aged care Ged Kearney, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, and Greens senator and justice spokesperson David Shoebridge.
The membership spans 17 lower house representatives and 14 senators, with 19 Labor members, three Liberals, three Greens, two Nationals, two from One Nation, one independent, and one representative from the Jacqui Lambie Network.
The full list of members…
| 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 |
