Backing Local Cultivation to Build a World-Class Industry

Not just any job.

The medicinal cannabis industry is already revitalising local economies, creating opportunities far beyond cultivation:

🌾 Protected cropping & ag-tech
🏭 Advanced manufacturing & local processing
🔬 Clinical research & product development
👩‍🏫 Training, upskilling, and reskilling, including pathways for marginalised communities.

It’s about creating an ecosystem of innovation and workforce development that links agriculture, science, and advanced manufacturing.

This is the growth strategy we want across the supply chain, a homegrown industry that competes globally while supporting Australians at home.

But unless governments recognise workforce development and regional jobs as core regulatory outcomes, we risk losing the very foundations of this opportunity.

The choice is simple:
Back Australian cultivation, education, and skills pipelines or watch the promise of a world-class, resilient industry slip offshore. 🌱