Rachel Payne spoke to present for the second reading the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis) Bill 2023 before its final third reading at debate later this term.
Rachel Payne gave an Adjournment Speech asking the Trade and Investment minister to brief the parliament on what business opportunities came from Global Victoria attending the International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin.
Rachel Payne spoke during the debate on Legalise Cannabis’s Motion 155 asking for a Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry into discrimination faced by Medicinal Cannabis patients due to workplace drug testing. The Motion passed and the inquiry will begin later in the parliamentary term.
Rachel asks the Attorney-General if the government will consider a compassionate use scheme similar to the NSW model.
Rachel Payne MP asked a question to the Attorney-General about the value of assets confiscated by the state of Victoria in 2021-22.
Rachel raises an adjournment matter to the Treasurer asking him to consider the financial benefits of regulating cannabis in Victoria.
The Legalise Cannabis Party makes history by introducing the same bill into VIC, NSW and WA state parliament on the same day in a move that hopes to regulate the personal use of cannabis for adults.
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.
In November 2024, the Victorian Parliament passed our amendment to the Road Safety Act 1986, which gives courts discretion not to cancel the licence of medicinal cannabis patients who test positive for the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) while driving.
