Due to the last minute unavailability of the number one candidate for the Legalise Cannabis Party in NSW, Miles Hunt, number two candidate Michael Balderstone will be appearing in Byron Bay tonight at the Meet the Candidates forum in the Byron Theatre, a free event being organised by Echo Publications and BayFM Community Radio.

The MardiGrass Organising Body (MOB) say Nimbin's annual festival will kick off with the launch of a very special audiovisual book on Friday 3 May, 'Out There: a potted history of a revolution called Nimbin'.

Nimbin is gearing up for its 32nd annual MardiGrass, the cannabis law reform protest and gathering held on the first weekend in May.

The Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, has spent much of the election campaign telling the people of Australia that a vote for a small party or an independent is a wasted vote. Or that a vote for a small party or an independent is a vote for instability.

The Legalise Cannabis Party launched its Senate campaign in NSW outside Kevin Hogan's flooded office in Molesworth street yesterday.

Nimbin’s MardiGrass might be postponed but the federal election is due to be announced any day. Legalise Cannabis (formerly the HEMP Party) has announced plans to run candidates nationally in both the Senate and some lower house seats.

Founded in 1993, the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party has a number of policies that centre around the re-legalisation of cannabis for personal, medicinal and industrial uses in Australia.

Nimbin HEMP Embassy President Michael Balderstone said he was surprised at the high turn-out, given a heavy police presence on streets surrounding the rainforest village.

CBD oil will soon be available in pharmacies and a new study is investigating how cannabis helps sufferers of Parkinson’s Disease, causing local growers to question why they’re still unable to legally cultivate marijuana’s benefits at home.

The president of Nimbin’s Hemp Embassy, Michael Balderstone, has revealed he tested positive for cannabis during a recent random drug test in the area. The lifelong cannabis advocate says he has yet to decide whether to fight the matter in court.