The Greens are proud to announce today that Break O’Day Councillor and St Marys District School Chaplain Hannah Rubenach-Quinn is the Greens Federal Candidate for Lyons.
Party Convenor Kay McFarlane said Hannah has been a passionate advocate for legal and affordable access to medicinal cannabis since seeing the astounding health outcomes of family and friends.
“Hannah is an outstanding candidate who will stand for a healthier, better educated, and flourishing Lyons” Ms McFarlane said.
Hannah is also a chaplain at St Marys District School, and has a strong Christian faith which informs her beliefs and actions. She is actively involved in her community, being on many committees and is a volunteer firefighter and SES officer.
Hannah Rubenach-Quinn has lived at Gray, near St Marys, on the East Coast all of her 38 years. She has served as a Councillor on Break O’Day Council since 2009, and was Deputy Mayor from 2011-2014. Hannah is also a chaplain at St Marys District School, and she has worked mostly with people living with disabilities and with the aged. She attained a Graduate Diploma of Science (Psychology) and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (in Sociology) from UTAS.
Having seen the astounding health outcomes of family and friends from medicinal cannabis, Hannah has become a passionate and active advocate for the legalisation of medicinal cannabis.
“There needs to be immediate compassionate action from all levels of government to ensure suffering Australians can access medicinal cannabis without delay and without fear of prosecution, and the Greens are committed to working with experts, patients and politicians from all sides of politics to deliver policy reform that ensures access to medicinal cannabis”, said Greens Federal Candidate for Lyons Hannah Rubenach-Quinn.
“My 29 year old brother Tim has been using medicinal cannabis for the past 17 months to manage epilepsy which resulted from a meningitis infection when he as 5 months old. Tim was bedridden, non-communicative and having dozens of tonic-colonic seizures and thousands of complex partial seizures each week. Since being on medicinal cannabis he has been able to go for periods of up to 4 weeks without seizures, and he has been able to walk, talk, make day-to-day decisions, go on social outings, and even mow the lawn.
“My brother has only needed an ambulance once for a seizure and has not been hospitalised for his epilepsy since being on medicinal cannabis. One member of our community has been taken off the waiting list for heart surgery due to her impressive health improvements,” she concluded.
Kay McFarlane, Tasmanian Greens Convenor
