first nations Archives

Black and white photo of an empty prison cell with a bed and book.

Stop the lockdowns at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025

Rachel asked the Minister for Corrections to stop lockdowns at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. Usually reserved for emergency situations, women in these prisons have been frequently kept in states of solitary confinement due to changes in administrative processes and rostering.

Parliament | Questions to Parliament

Fund Dandenong’s vital First Nations health services

June 3, 2024October 29, 2024

Rachel Payne MP, member for South-Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne, read her Constituency Question on 15th of May regarding a local First Nations health service in dire need of funding.

Parliament | Contributions

National Reconciliation Week 2023

May 31, 2023June 4, 2023

Rachel makes a member statement to mark National Reconciliation Week and to announce that Legalise Cannabis Victoria will be supporting a Voice to Parliament.