Cautions Not Cuffs: Time to Make Existing Police Policy the Law
Cautions not cuffs: Make Victoria Police cannabis cautioning policy the law and stop arrests for minor possession.
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Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2025
David opposes a bill which expands police powers, erodes protest rights, and civil liberties.
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Police resources at 420
David raises concerns about police presence and arrests at the 420 cannabis celebration event, questioning the effectiveness of these actions in relation to Victoria Police’s drug strategy.
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LCV: Free up police to fight crime – decriminalise cannabis as NEW parliamentary report recommends
Legalise Cannabis Victoria is appealing to the Allan Government to implement the recommendations of a parliamentary report to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis.
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Waste of police resources at 420
David Ettershank spoke about the recent 420 community celebration event and the resources wasted by police.
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Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2023
David makes a contribution on a Bill which includes a raft of reforms aimed at strengthening the integrity of the Victoria Police discipline system, and other purposes.
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Workplace testing of police officers who take medicinal cannabis
David raises an adjournment matter based on a young Police Officer whom through a routine drug test, trace amounts of THC were detected from medically prescribed CBD oil leading to his subsequent suspension.
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Excessive police presence at 420 Day Picnic
David delivered a member’s statement about the disproportionate police presence during a peaceful 420 Day picnic in the Flagstaff Gardens on 20 April 2023.
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Aboriginal deaths in custody
Parliament of Victoria | Legislative Council | Members Statements13 May 2026 David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan Region): It is 35 years since the release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The royal commission investigated 99 deaths and made 339 recommendations for reform. While a 2018 report claimed that around three-quarters…
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David Ettershank MP hosts secret ‘high’ tea to mark global 420 day
Victorian advocates for cannabis law reform will mark 420 in Melbourne this year with a ‘high tea’ event. April 20 — known globally as 420 — is the international day for cannabis law reform.
