MEDIA
LCV MP welcomes EPA decision not to support Hampton Park Waste Transfer Station
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…
South-East taskforce needed to stop region’s family violence epidemic
Victorian Member of Parliament Rachel Payne is calling on the Allan government to set-up a taskforce to tackle family violence in Melbourne’s South-East, given the area has the highest rates…
LCV: Free up police to fight crime – decriminalise cannabis as NEW parliamentary report recommends
Legalise Cannabis Victoria is appealing to the Allan Government to implement the recommendations of a parliamentary report to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis.
Southeast MP secures inquiry into relaxing cannabis laws in Victoria
Southeast Metro MP Rachel Payne has secured a state parliament review of the pros and cons of allowing people to possess small amounts of cannabis.
Ms Payne, a member of…
FROM THE CHAMBER
Wrongs Amendment (Vicarious Liability) Bill 2025 2nd Reading
Rachel presented the second reading of the Wrongs Amendment (Vicarious Liability) Bill 2025, on behalf of Legalise Cannabis Victoria. She initially introduced the bill to the Legislative Council on the…
Rainbow Libraries Toolkit criticism is ‘perplexing’
Rachel spoke in support of Victoria’s Rainbow Libraries Toolkit, in response to a petition calling for the cessation of its rollout. The Rainbow Libraries Toolkit was developed as a guide…
Establish a family violence taskforce
Rachel asked if the government would establish a taskforce dedicated to addressing family violence. As several south-eastern suburbs have some of the highest rates of family violence in the metropolitan…
Zoning loophole raises alarm on environmental safeguards
Rachel asked a question on behalf of a constituent, pertaining to a landfill that was approved for placement adjacent to Churchill National Park in Lysterfield South.
