Torsten Posted September 17, 2013 WE WON!!!!!! The Federal Criminal Code schedules have been released and not a single plant was added to them. It appears that the nearly 10,000 submissions that were made to the attourney general's department via the Happy High Herbs and GardenFreedom websites (and the countless independent submissions) caused a rethink at government. Let's turn that success into a momentum to force the same rethink at the state level. The war is not over, but people-power won this battle Thank YOU all. http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2013C00619/Html/Text#_Toc363810126 This success did not come easy. At least 6 people worked on this issue for about 3 month on a full time basis and some for a lot longer. This includes staff at Happy High Herbs, the people at gardenfreedom, and many individuals who either helped as part of the group effort or doing their own thing. Most of them prefer to remain anonymous, but I would personally like to thank all of them for their dedication to the plants. 40 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yeti101 Posted September 17, 2013 Well done! Shows what can be achieved. I emailed the nsw attorney general regarding the current issue, I hope everyone else does too! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shamanistic Posted September 17, 2013 People power! 10,000 in just a few days. This is great news Gotta love the Australian ethnobotanical crew for sticking up for what's right! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obtuse Posted September 17, 2013 Excellent news!!! To those who did the hard work, and dedicated so much of their time to this cause i congratulate you on your success, and thank you for you dedication. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C_T Posted September 17, 2013 truely fantastic news well done everyone involved! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimystic Posted September 17, 2013 congrats! even though you guys are really far from here, thats a real sigh of relief! That shit was hard to read about! way 2 go People!!! Man i'd be sending some gift baskets and hugs to the peeps that run those websites ~whew~ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted September 18, 2013 Thank you all involved,GREAT to hear some good news for a change :-)) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel Posted September 18, 2013 I can hardly believe it! Congrats, and thanks Torsten for being our messenger and sensible representative. Now... Too bad I live in NSW.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites