December 06 2023
The Weekly Times December 6th, 2023, Edition discusses the Hemp Industry’s potential in Gippsland.

December 06 2023
The Weekly Times December 6th, 2023, Edition discusses the Hemp Industry’s potential in Gippsland.


Grants are a sum of money given by an organisation with a specific intention for its use. The following is a list of potential grant opportunities. Please note that it is not exhaustive and may not include every type of funding opportunity available to you.

Rachel asks a question of the Minister for Agriculture, Gail Tierney relating to implementing a hemp industry grants scheme.

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…

Late last year Rachel Payne MP raised the rapid expansion of Waste to Energy (WtE) in Victoria in Parliament. Despite serious environmental and health concerns, enormous rubbish incinerators are either being built or planned in a so-called “ring of fire” around Melbourne.

South-eastern MP Rachel Payne has welcomed $80 million in the state budget to support victim-survivors of family violence, including specialised case management.

A new Victorian report into workplace drug testing has found that employees prescribed medicinal cannabis have routinely lost their job or faced disciplinary action just for taking a legal medication – and the law must be amended to protect them.