Micheal Balldergtone 16/03/06

THe following is a copy of our letter to:-

Dear Micheal Balldergtone 16 March 2006

Re:The Australian Constitution

51. The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have exclusive power to make laws for peace, order and good government of the commonwealth with respect to-see (i) to (xxxviii)

52. The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have exclusive power to make laws for peace, order and good government of the commonwealth with respect to- see (i) to (iii)

53. Proposed laws appropriating revenue or moneys, or imposing taxation ,shall not originate in the Senate. But a proposed law shall not be taken to appropriate revenue or moneys, or to impose n taxation, by reason only of its containing provisions for the imposition or appropriation of fines or other pecuniary penalties, or for the demand or payment or appropriation of fees for licences, or fees for services under the proposed law.

The Senate may not amend any proposed laws so as to increase any proposed charge or burden on the people.

Considering, the millions of Australians that consume cannabis on a regular bases, it would be within reason to claim and substantiate that the laws have created an unnecessary burden on the people of Australia.

It will pay to note, The former commonwealth Minister for Foreign Affairs the Hon. Garth Evans, made it known to all Australians, that the laws concerning Cannabis had not been passed in a proper manner as required under the Australian Constitution, he pointed out that Australia had been only a signature to a protocol formatted by the USA. 1928. and that Australian Government, had never done its own research into Cannabis.

It may also be of interest to note, that the United Nations protocol Australia being a signature to such had been disregarded completely by our present Prime Minister John Howard, when making decisions on the war in Iraq.

We recommended that you request your local member of the Australian Parliament to clarify the doubt surround the current cannabis laws.

Yours sincerely, Les McDonald,