The Greens has made yet another bold proposal to address the cost-of-living crisis – by profiting from marijuana sales.
Greens pitch legalised cannabis as radical solution to the cost-of-living crisis amid series of demands in the event of hung parliament at election
Greens Senator David Shoebridge pitched the idea that a “legal market” for marijuana could help raise federal funds to facilitate the easing of price pressures. “The best cost estimates we have from the PBO say that even with the cannabis sales tax and GST, the recreational price of cannabis declines and you have a legal market and billions of dollars of public revenue.The Greens have pushed to legalise cannabis in Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
This latest proposal comes as part of a series of radical measures being put forward by the Greens, whose platform has raised eyebrows in the lead-up to the election.
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