MEDIA RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 November 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are eight-times more likely to be arrested for possession of Cannabis according to data from the Crime Statistic Agency (CSA). In response to a Question on Notice to the Police Minister,…
14 November 2023 The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the 2022 illicit cannabis market in Victoria was worth a whopping $1,020bn to $1,270bn. Legalise Cannabis Victoria believe this figure clearly demonstrates that prohibition is failed policy and justifies the need to regulate cannabis as they prepare…
In this Podcast we discuss the brief history of the party, David’s pathway to politics and history of protest related arrest, the status of the Driving Amendment Bill, workplace discrimination, Victoria’s culture of prohibition, police at Melbourne’s 42O protest and more.
MEDIA RELEASE | For immediate release30 August 2023 Today the Legislative Council will debate Legalise Cannabis Victoria’s motion for a parliamentary inquiry into workplace drug testing for medicinal cannabis patients. Medicinal cannabis has been legal in Victoria since 2016. Yet simply for taking a lawfully…
The Victorian Government will launch a closed track circuit trial in Victoria to investigate road safety risks associated with the use of medicinal cannabis and we urge the Government complete this whole process no later than the end of 2024. Legalise Cannabis Victoria calls on…
By Rachel Eddie June 20, 2023 Pro-cannabis MPs will attempt to legalise the drug for personal use through draft laws to be introduced simultaneously on Tuesday in state parliaments in Victoria, NSW and Western Australia. The bills, to be introduced in the upper houses, are…
For the first time in Australian legislative history, the same Bill will be introduced in three states on the same day by the Legalise Cannabis Party. The Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis Bill 2023 aims to legalise the personal consumption of cannabis in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia.
Legalise Cannabis Victoria are pushing for a boost to the Victorian hemp industry that will ensure more jobs in our regions, an increase to Victorian export earnings and state-wide carbon emissions reductions.
The Legalise Cannabis Victoria MPs, Rachel Payne and David Ettershank introduce a motion to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry to explore the potential for the industrial hemp sector to bolster Victoria’s economy.
On 23 February 2023, David Ettershank and Rachel Payne, the Legalise Cannabis MPs introduced a bill to amend the Road Safety Act (1985) to allow medicinal cannabis driving.
