A HUGE medicinal cannabis farm will be set up just outside of Ipswich but it is not expected to be operational for at least another year-and-a-half.
Hydroganics was granted major project status by the Federal Government at the end of 2019 for a multistage $333 million facility to be built in south east Queensland.
The government expects medical cannabis to become a $1.2 billion industry over the next 10 years with the first fully operational farm in the country opened on the Sunshine Coast in 2019.
The site of Hydroganics’ $333 million medical cannabis facility in the Scenic Rim.
Hydroganics’ facility will be set up on a property in the Scenic Rim but its exact location cannot be revealed due to security risks.
Glasshouses purchased by the company from a failed hydroponic set up in Williamtown, near Newcastle, will be dismantled and transported into the region.
That process is expected to take more than four months.
The fully-contained five ha hydroponic farm was granted approval by the Office of Drug Control at the end of last year.
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Hydroganics director Drew Steptoe said the location “ticked a lot of boxes”.
“We’ve got a water supply and it’s far enough out of town while still being quite accessible,” he said.
“It’s all roughly within an hour of two international airports (in…
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A HUGE medicinal cannabis farm will be set up just outside of Ipswich but it is not expected to be operational for at least another year-and-a-half.
Hydroganics was granted major project status by the Federal Government at the end of 2019 for a multistage $333 million facility to be built in south east Queensland.
The government expects medical cannabis to become a $1.2 billion industry over the next 10 years with the first fully operational farm in the country opened on the Sunshine Coast in 2019.
The site of Hydroganics’ $333 million medical cannabis facility in the Scenic Rim.
Hydroganics’ facility will be set up on a property in the Scenic Rim but its exact location cannot be revealed due to security risks.
Glasshouses purchased by the company from a failed hydroponic set up in Williamtown, near Newcastle, will be dismantled and transported into the region.
That process is expected to take more than four months.
The fully-contained five ha hydroponic farm was granted approval by the Office of Drug Control at the end of last year.
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Hydroganics director Drew Steptoe said the location “ticked a lot of boxes”.
“We’ve got a water supply and it’s far enough out of town while still being quite accessible,” he said.
“It’s all roughly within an hour of two international airports (in…
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