Thursday the 10th of April 2025 South-eastern MP Rachel Payne has welcomed the Environmental Protection Authority’s decision to refuse the global waste giant, Veolia, a development licence for a waste transfer station (WTS) in the suburb of Hampton Park. Ms Payne, from Legalise Cannabis Victoria…
Residents living in the Hampton Park area were promised that the existing overflowing landfill at 290 Hallam Road would be transformed into parkland for the community to enjoy. Yet, without meaningful community consultation, those plans have been abandoned, and the site is now set to…
Legalise Cannabis Victoria has secured an amendment in the Upper House to allow magistrates to exercise sentencing discretion for drivers who test positive for the cannabinoid chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), if they hold a valid prescription for medicinal cannabis and are unimpaired while driving.
Public transport must be accessible to all, but large parts of greater Melbourne lack reliable options. Some areas are completely cut off, or the services are so poor, they might as well not exist.
Rachel Payne MP made a contribution to the Health Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Bill 2024 on behalf of Legalise Cannabis Victoria. As someone who was donor-conceived, Rachel expressed her concerns around the proposed dissolution of the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority.
It was Transport Equity Week last week and while Queenslanders celebrated their 50c fare public transport trial becoming permanent, Victorians were still paying top dollar for a transport system that leaves everyone outside the city behind.
Rachel referred her Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis Bill 2023, to the Legal and Social Issues Committee for an inquiry.
“I’m ‘getting explicit’ for my Grandmother Doll and my Mum Julie, who have been directly impacted by family violence and the ongoing impacts of trauma and abuse.”
Rachel Payne second read their Hemp Industry Bill 2024 into parliament.
Rachel Payne presented a Motion to the parliament around the need to update industrial hemp planning provisions.
