It’s one of the busiest bus routes in the South-Eastern Metro region, but it hasn’t seen a timetable upgrade in over 30 years! Rachel asks when the much needed timetable upgrades for the 800 bus route from Dandenong to Chadstone will occur.
Rachel raised a constituency question to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety about a decade-long campaign for an upgrade of the Heatherton Road and Douglas Street roundabout outside of the Noble Park activity centre.
Rachel addressed a question to the Minister for Corrections in relation to the high proportion of people with mental health illness entering the prison system and the potential for medicinal cannabis to be among treatments offered to prisoners.
Rachel raised an adjournment to ascertain a response to the 59th Parliament’s Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee inquiry into the use of cannabis in Victoria.
Rachel communicated a constituent’s distress and disappointment over a children’s Easter event which was shut down after a group of anti-LGBTIQ+ fringe activists threatened to stalk drag performers.
Rachel asked a question to the Minister for Equality, Ms Shing and Attorney General, Jaclyn Symes about the status of anti-vilification protections for the LGBTIQ+ community.
Rachel raises an adjournment matter requesting that the Minister for Police meet urgently with the LGBTIQ+ community to explain disproportionate police actions during an anti-trans rally on Saturday 18th March.
Rachel asks a question to the Leader of the House about the progress of anti-vilification protections in light of the events of Saturday 18th February.
Rachel asks a question of the Minister for Housing seeking to address a constituent’s concern over the lack of affordable rental housing in Dandenong.
On International Women’s Day. Rachel rises for an adjournment matter addressed to the Minister for Women, relating to reproductive health leave.
