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+# 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.

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