The government is now operating in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.
Publication of the final decisions for substances referred to the March 2023 meetings of the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS #41), Advisory Committee on Chemicals Scheduling (ACCS #36) and Joint Advisory Committee on Medicines and Chemicals Scheduling (Joint ACMS-ACCS #33), have been delayed.
The final decisions which were expected to be published in August 2023, are now to be published in September 2023.