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flag Tasmanian MP Craig Garland got a restricted licence after pleading guilty to drug driving, citing parliamentary duties and lack of public transport.

flag Tasmanian Independent MP Craig Garland has been granted a restricted driver’s licence after pleading guilty to drug driving following a cannabis positive test in November 2024. flag Despite a mandatory six-month suspension due to a prior drink-driving conviction, Magistrate Leanne Topfer allowed limited driving for the 355km round trip between Boat Harbour and Hobart’s Parliament House during sitting weeks, citing the lack of public transport and the hardship a full ban would impose. flag Garland, re-elected in July 2025 after a snap election, argued the restriction was necessary to fulfill his parliamentary duties, noting difficulties sleeping in Hobart and high accommodation costs. flag He sought a medicinal cannabis prescription for chronic pain but had not been prescribed it at the time of the offence. flag A request to extend driving privileges to reach his preferred outdoor accommodation in Clifton Beach was later withdrawn. flag Garland admitted to smoking cannabis the night before driving, acknowledging poor judgment but maintaining he was not impaired. flag He was fined $1,096.

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