Mulgrave

Safe Labor seat. Southern Cairns, includes Bayview Heights, Woree, White Rock, Mount Sheridan, Bentley Park and Edmonton. Also Gordonvale, Aloomba, Deeral and Yarrabah Aboriginal Community. 819 square kilometres.

NICHOLAS DANIELS has been a political cannabis activist for decades, originally becoming politically active by joining the only Party with the same goals he held, the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party.

On the HEMP Party website he found information on all things hemp/cannabis. Cannabis is used for building; biofuels; plastics that could replace petroleum based products; seed for food; hurd for stock feed; it can even be used to run electrical power stations, and the list goes on and on. As the ABC once reported, it truly is “The Billion Dollar Crop”.

Nic opened the Queensland state branch of the Federal HEMP Party and helped form the Sunshine Coast sub-branch. He went on to become a life member of the HEMP Party, which changed its name to the Legalise Cannabis Australia Party. When the state Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party was forming four years ago, he joined and now has his hand up as a candidate.

Years ago he lost a very dear friend to leukaemia—a type that may have responded well to cannabis therapy, according to anecdotal evidence and modern research. But his friend didn’t have that option and underwent chemo and radiation treatment. At the very least, cannabis would have helped ease the horrendous side effects of the treatment – if it had been legal and affordable. This, more than anything, is the reason why Nic got involved in cannabis advocacy. Cannabis is now available, but not affordable for too many.

Shortly after moving to the area for work following the 2012 floods, he co-founded the FNQ HEMP Embassy in Kuranda. The Embassy ran a physical location in the markets for several years, but these days it exists in a much reduced, online format. Nic has become more determined than ever to be the voice of change in politics, but not just for cannabis related issues. He aims to give voters an alternative to the major parties.

Despite losing everything but his house in the December 2023 floods, Nic is rebuilding his life and is keen to represent the needs of the people of Mulgrave. He knows the issues and he knows people are fed up with the major parties doing nothing. He believes now is the time for a good sized cross bench to work with both the Government and opposition to get a better deal.

Keep an eye out around Mulgrave for candidate, Nic Daniels!

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