Alinytjara Wilurara Natural Resources Management Region Presentation to Natural Resources Committee Alinytjara Wilurara NRM Region Alinytjara Wilurara: the most valuable part of South Australia • A huge area that covers 23% of South Australia • 2,000 Anangu who want to work in natural resource management • Few conflicting land uses, a model of sustainable practices • 23 million ha of intact native vegetation • Climate change asset:  Refuge area for wildlife  Early indicator of change • Huge tourism potential (nature based and cultural) that links Uluru with the whales • One of the true ‘wild places’ of Australia with some values that are yet to be discovered  Medicinal plants  Edible plants • Models effective engagement of Aboriginal people in NRM  Co-managed Park  Indigenous Protected Areas  Family projects  Aboriginal culture alive and well • Alinytjara Wilurara is a wise investment!

A person growing cannabis using hydroponics or growing more than one cannabis plant outdoors will now face prosecution.

Cannabis legislation CEN Scheme/number of cannabis plants for expiation.

NEW INITIATIVES Hydroponic Cannabis Phone In A BankSA Crime Stoppers phone in day that targeted hydroponic cannabis cultivation and supply occurred during March 2004.

It was further recommended that the Parliament give consideration to the establishment of a joint parliamentary committee to inquire into and report on the potential benefits and issues that may arise from legalisation of the recreational use of cannabis in South Australia.

........ 15 Additional Metrics .................................................................................................. 15 Service Improvements .......................................................................................... 15 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL 2021-22 ANNUAL REPORT for the Controlled Substances Advisory Council 5 | P a g e Compliance Statement .......................................................................................... 15 Appendix: Audited financial statements 2021-22 ................................................ 16 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL 2021-22 ANNUAL REPORT for the Controlled Substances Advisory Council 6 | P a g e Overview: about the agency Our strategic focus Our Purpose The Controlled Substances Advisory Council is established to ensure South Australia’s Controlled Substances legislation promotes and protects public health and safety by minimizing: ➢ Unintentional and deliberate poisoning ➢ Medicinal

Indigenous Medicinal Garden In collaboration with Christies Beach High School, Southern Vocational College, Urban Lands Trust, and the Aboriginal community this project has established an indigenous medicinal garden.

➢Biochar has a wide range of applications with different economic values – spanning from low value (fertilizer/soil amendment, construction, etc) $200-400/t to high quality/high value uses (animal feed, cosmetics, medicinal, etc) of around $2000-4000/t ➢Technology exists that enables companies to take high-cost waste into new value streams, ie: - heat that replaces LPG/diesel in washing, heating processes, etc - biochar that can be used or sold - carbon credits ➢This is particularly attractive to Food & Beverage manufacturers in regional areas – a target industry sector for SA ➢Industry needs a new “competitiveness paradigm” - move from relatively low impact environmental approaches - to high impact strategies such as using “waste” as a resource to reduce energy costs - leverage these “waste” resources to reduce cost structures/growth enabler ➢SA has the potential to further brand itself with a pro-active approach – education, awareness raising, case studies Slide

Notes the February 2016 passage of the federal Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016 enabling a national licensing scheme for the controlled cultivation across Australia of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes; II.

There are some vexatious issues about whether or not cannabis use increases crash risk. … So far as the commercial transport industry is concerned, there is clear evidence of the use of stimulants and amphetamines. … the use of those sorts of drugs in the commercial transport industry is still at a worryingly high level.’