South-eastern MP Rachel Payne says she is hugely relieved that the state and federal governments have committed $12.6 million to improve safety at the dangerous Stud and Mcfees Roads intersection
“In all six people lost their lives on Stud Road in the last 10 years,” Ms Payne said.
For the first time in Australian legislative history, the same Bill will be introduced in three states on the same day by the Legalise Cannabis Party. The Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis Bill 2023 aims to legalise the personal consumption of cannabis in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia.
On April 20, Victorian Legalise Cannabis MPs David Ettershank and Rachel Payne joined members of the cannabis community in Melbourne’s Flagstaff Gardens for a peaceful protest against the laws that waste the time and resources of police and magistrates.
On 30 May 2023, Rachel Payne MP from the Legalise Cannabis party will move to amend the Gambling Regulation Bill to extend static advertising rules to ban betting advertising at sporting grounds. The amendments will also clarify that a scoreboard at a ground is part of the static digital advertising to which that ban will apply.
South-eastern MP Rachel Payne has welcomed $80 million in the state budget to support victim-survivors of family violence, including specialised case management.
A new Victorian report into workplace drug testing has found that employees prescribed medicinal cannabis have routinely lost their job or faced disciplinary action just for taking a legal medication – and the law must be amended to protect them.