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…
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.
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…
Western Metropolitan MP David Ettershank has rebuked the Victorian government for continuing to ‘push’ toxic industries into Melbourne’s West, following the outbreak of a massive chemical fire in Durrimut.
Tradies and parents prescribed medicinal cannabis have joined with MPs David Ettershank and Rachel Payne to campaign for fair driving laws.
A petition tabled by Legalise Cannabis Victoria triggers a debate in the Legislative Council
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…
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…
Debate on the Industrial Hemp Bill, introduced to Parliament by the Legalise Cannabis Party, was adjourned on Wednesday (May 15) while the Allan Labor government formulates its response to both the bill and the hemp industry inquiry. Legalise Cannabis Party MP Rachel Payne said the industrial…
The Legalise Cannabis Party is calling on the Victorian government to support an industrial hemp bill that will help farmers and processors to expand their share of the $7 billion global hemp market – forecast to grow to $18.6 billion by 2027. Legalise Cannabis introduced…
