The legal status of marijuana / cannabis / weed / pot seeds in Australia is complicated and depends on both federal law and the laws of each state or territory.
What’s Legal or Permitted
Medical marijuana is legal throughout Australia, including in major cities like Sydney (New South Wales), Melbourne (Victoria), Brisbane (Queensland), Perth (Western Australia), and Adelaide (South Australia).
Licensed companies and researchers can legally import cannabis seeds or genetic material under a permit from the Office of Drug Control (ODC) — this is part of the federal medical cannabis program.
Industrial hemp (cannabis with less than 1% THC) and hemp seeds for food products are legal across the country, but these seeds must be non-viable (cannot be germinated).
Some companies are licensed to grow or study cannabis under government supervision — but this does not apply to private individuals.
What’s Illegal or Restricted
For recreational marijuana or weed, it is illegal to buy, sell, or import cannabis seeds in all Australian states and territories.
Shipping cannabis seeds from overseas seedbanks (for example, from Spain, the Netherlands, or Canada) is considered importing a controlled substance and can lead to confiscation by Australian Border Force.
Even in the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) — where adults can legally grow a few cannabis plants for personal use — it is still technically illegal to buy, sell, or ship marijuana seeds.
No state (including NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT, ACT) allows private seedbanks or unlicensed cannabis seed sales.
📝 Summary
If you live in Australia, you can only legally possess or import cannabis / marijuana seeds if you have a medical or research license from the federal government.
For regular consumers — even if you live in Canberra (ACT) where growing small amounts of weed is decriminalized — there’s no legal way to purchase or receive cannabis seeds by mail or international shipping.
We accept orders if you are based in OZ, but we can’t guarantee that your order will arrive without any problems. It could be seized and destroyed by customs. Order at your own risk.
