29 November 2023, 5:30am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today the Victorian Upper House will debate the Legalise Cannabis Victoria Bill to regulate adult use of cannabis. Prohibition of cannabis is failed policy, with more than one third of Victorian adults having accessed cannabis. The time has…
The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the 2022 illicit cannabis market in Victoria was worth a whopping $1,020bn to $1,270bn.
Legalise Cannabis Victoria MP Rachel Payne shines a light on Medicinal Cannabis for endometriosis and pelvic pain during Women’s Health Week, 4-7th September 2023. This week across Australia approximately 1 in 9 people are suffering from endometriosis; a highly painful and chronic inflammatory condition that…
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.
Legalise Cannabis Victoria are pushing for a boost to the Victorian hemp industry that will ensure more jobs in our regions, an increase to Victorian export earnings and state-wide carbon emissions reductions.
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.
On the eve of IDAHOBIT 2023, Rachel released an open letter highlighting concerns from constituents and the LGBTIQ+ community about the rising extremism marring safe spaces and the escalating need for anti-vilification laws in response.
The Legalise Cannabis Victoria MPs, Rachel Payne and David Ettershank introduce a motion to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry to explore the potential for the industrial hemp sector to bolster Victoria’s economy.
On 23 February 2023, Rachel Payne and David Ettershank, the Legalise Cannabis MPs introduced a bill to amend the Road Safety Act (1985) to allow medicinal cannabis driving.
