New discretion for Vic magistrates when medicinal cannabis script holders are unimpaired while driving 
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New discretion for Vic magistrates when medicinal cannabis script holders are unimpaired while driving 

1st of November 2024, 9:30am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Victorians prescribed medicinal cannabis to manage cancer treatment, multiple sclerosis and other medical conditions will soon be able to drive without fear of mandatory loss of licence – if unimpaired behind the wheel.    Legalise Cannabis MP David…

Transport company reverses plan to build freight hub on Green Wedge and rare grassland
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Transport company reverses plan to build freight hub on Green Wedge and rare grassland

5th of September 2024, 9:32pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Western Metro MP David Ettershank says he is elated that the multinational freight company Pacific National has decided against building a $5 billion freight terminal that would have devastated native grasslands and rare animals on the edge…

Little River fights corporate giant to save Melbourne’s green ‘buffer’
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Little River fights corporate giant to save Melbourne’s green ‘buffer’

Around 250 residents of Little River, a small community near Werribee, have protested against a corporate giant’s plan to build a multi-billion-dollar freight terminal next to western grasslands and upstream from internationally significant wetlands. Pacific National has lodged an application to build a freight terminal…

Premier keeps people prescribed medical cannabis off road by kicking ‘research’ can down the road
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Premier keeps people prescribed medical cannabis off road by kicking ‘research’ can down the road

21st of May 2024, 9:52am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legalise Cannabis MPs have called out Premier Jacinta Allan for delaying a decision on allowing medical cannabis patients to drive – instead preferring to spend millions of taxpayers’ dollars on research that has already been done. “Jacinta Allan…

Victorian flood inquiry must be extended to examine Kensington housing estate ‘flood’ designation
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Victorian flood inquiry must be extended to examine Kensington housing estate ‘flood’ designation

21st of May 2024, 8:16am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legalise Cannabis and Greens MPs are calling on the Victorian government to work with the other parties to extend an inquiry looking into the October 2022 floods, in light of Melbourne Water reclassifying a section of a…