MEDIA
Family Violence Response Model
A Family Violence Response Model That Works — Now It Needs Funding Rachel Payne MP is calling on the Victorian Government to fund the statewide expansion of the Alexis Family…
Cautions Not Cuffs: Time to Make Existing Police Policy the Law
Cannabis has been prohibited in Australia for almost a century. It is a failed policy. Australians continue to consume cannabis and they always will. In 2024 Victoria police acknowledged this,…
Victory for Locals: VCAT Bins Filthy Dump Proposal in Hampton Park
Casey residents can breathe a collective sigh of relief – VCAT has upheld a decision to deny a contentious waste-transfer station in Hampton Park. Residents didn’t want it, the EPA…
Dandenong South Incinerator Has Residents Inflamed
Late last year Rachel Payne MP raised the rapid expansion of Waste to Energy (WtE) in Victoria in Parliament. Despite serious environmental and health concerns, enormous rubbish incinerators are either being built or planned in a so-called “ring…
FROM THE CHAMBER
14 Hours in Emergency: Frankston Hospital
Rachel Payne MP has used a constituency question to Parliament to highlight the experience of a local woman, Jacqui, who spent 14 hours waiting to be admitted to a bed…
Why No Community Consultation on the Proposed Data Centre?
Rachel Payne MP has raised a constituent’s concerns in Parliament over a proposed 53-hectare data centre in Clyde North
Rachel Questions the Minister on Native Forest Logging
Two years on from the official end of native timber harvesting in Victoria, Rachel Payne MP used Question Time to press the Minister for Environment on reports that logging is…
Refugee Week 2026
Rachel spoke on Refugee Week, and the importance of celebrating the resilience and contributions of those who have rebuilt their lives here.
