Tasmanian Hemp Assoc Newsletter November 2025 - THA submission to the Senate Inquiry

THA submission to the Senate Inquiry

The Tasmanian Hemp Association (THA) welcomes the Senate Inquiry into Opportunities for the Development of a Hemp Industry in Australia, describing it as an opportunity to establish national consistency and unlock the full potential of Australian Hemp.

64 submissions from around the nation were received to the Inquiry. The THA submission highlighted five key priorities to enable growth in the industry (summarised below):

Establishment a National Hemp Strategy to coordinate action
Investment in processing infrastructure to support manufacturing
Greater Research and Development and plant breeding investment
Development of education and workforce training pathways
Positioning Australian hemp as an environmentally sustainable export industry

See THA media release and link to submission here.

News from overseas – Hemp Fire Trial from the US
Hemp-lime (hempcrete) construction in US residential building codes took a major step forward in the US this week when proposed updates to Appendix BL of the 2027 International Residential Code (IRC) were unanimously approved during the International Code Council Committee Week proceedings.

Incredibly, an online fundraiser successfully raised more than $12,000 to pay for the code adoption. Worth a read at Hemp Building Mag