Medicinal Cannabis and Driving: Rachel Asks When the Trial Findings Will Be Released. Rachel Payne MP has asked the Minister for Roads and Road Safety whether Victoria will follow New South Wales in fixing roadside drug-testing laws for medicinal cannabis patients, and when the findings of the government’s driving trial will finally be released.
Following International Overdose Awareness Day, Rachel Payne MP has pressed the Minister for Health on whether the government will fund a statewide public health campaign to help prevent accidental overdose deaths in Victoria.
Rachel Payne MP has pressed the Minister for Agriculture on how the Victorian Government is actually supporting the growth of the state’s medicinal cannabis industry. She argues its own development plan needs to translate into real, accessible support for local businesses.
Rachel Payne MP has raised an adjournment matter calling on the Minister for Environment to strengthen protections against plastic pollution, including microplastics, in Victoria’s waterways.
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 at Frankston Hospital’s emergency department
Rachel Payne MP has raised a constituent’s concerns in Parliament over a proposed 53-hectare data centre in Clyde North
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 continuing under a different name — through forest management and forest produce licensing. “Native Forest…
Rachel’s constituent of was just one of many women who have suffered under frequent prison lockdowns at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. She reported missing important appointments as a result, including housing and support appointments, necessary for successful community reintegration.
Taking guidance from a NSW initiative, Rachel asked the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence to establish a publicly accessible database of homicides occurring in the context of an identifiable history of family violence in Victoria.
Rachel asked how the Minister will ensure that Monash Health’s complaints process is made more accessible to individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and those with a disability.
