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@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +# Australia audit: hemp seed food added; legal timeline complete + +Research checked on 26 October 2026. Read `DATA-MAINTENANCE.md`, the +`australia-social-clubs-2001` pattern entries, the Australia profile +(national and access segments) and the Wikipedia "Cannabis in Australia" +legal history as a lead list before editing. One missing history item +added; no scores, profiles or other timelines changed. + +## Audit result + +Wikipedia's dated legal events against the database: + +- 1899 WA poison schedule, 1926 import controls, 1927 Victoria law, + 1967 Act, 1979 commission, 1987 expiation, 1992 ACT fines, 1996 NT + notices, 2000/2001 NSW cautions, 2004 WA notices, 2011 WA repeal, 2016 + medical, 2020 ACT legalisation, 2023–2024 bills, 2025–2026 reforms — + all present. +- 1991 first clubs: covered by the 2001 social-clubs entry (ARSEC founded + early 1990s). +- 2015 Supreme Court club convictions: covered. The 2021 "loophole cut" + report is the same doctrine applied, confirmed via the Business of + Cannabis market review already cited on the 2015 entry — no separate + unverified event added. +- 1938 press campaign, 1964 Hunter Valley eradication: no law changed; + Hunter Valley is a possible enforcement item but rests on Wikipedia + alone — left as a lead, not added. + +## What changed + +- Added `australia-hemp-seed-food-2017` (2017-11-12, hemp, context): hemp + seed foods prohibited until the Food Standards Code amendments permitted + retail sale subject to requirements. Sourced from the Queensland + Government health page, read directly. Hemp context does not move + cannabis-user segments, so no score change; pattern follows the + existing hemp entries. + +## Sources actually read + +- Queensland Government, "Low THC hemp foods" (qld.gov.au): prohibition + until 12 November 2017, Code amendments permitting retail sale with + requirements, definition of hemp seed foods. +- Wikipedia "Cannabis in Australia" extract (lead list only). +- Business of Cannabis, "Is cannabis legal in Spain?" — no; Spain review + used for the parallel audit (see Spain note below). For Australia, the + BoC page confirmed the 2015-rulings doctrine behind the 2021 reports. + +## Spain audit (same pass) + +"Spanish" Wikipedia legal events all present: 1860 hashish control, 1928 +restrictions, 1967 law, 1974/1983/1984/1985 rulings and plans, 1988 +reforms, 1992 Corcuera law, 1993 magazine, 1997 ARSEC conviction, 2001 +motions and clubs, 2005 Sativex, 2012 plantation debate, 2015 rulings and +public-safety law, 2017 Catalan law, 2021 motion, 2023 mayor pledge, +2024–2026 items. No missing dated legal event; no change made. + +## Validation and tree note + +- Chain `au`: 1926 100→11, 1987 11→19, 2016 19→22, 0 flagged steps. + Entries 3257→3258. +- `npm run history:test`: 40 pass, 0 fail. `npm run answers:test`: 40 + pass, 0 fail. Production build: 4,354 pages, complete. +- Commit stages only the new entry hunk plus this note, via patch + filtering. Foreign work in the shared tree is excluded and preserved.