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 of Melbourne.
The Final Report of The Inquiry into Workplace Drug Testing has been tabled in Parliament.
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.
Western Metropolitan MP David Ettershank has rebuked the Victorian government for continuing to ‘push’ toxic industries into Melbourne’s West, following a massive toxic fire in Durrimut.
Tradies and parents prescribed medicinal cannabis have joined with MPs David Ettershank and Rachel Payne to campaign for fair driving laws.
Victorians have stepped up to support moves by the Legalise Cannabis Party to change the law with almost 3,000 people in three days signing a petition calling for the government to legalise personal cannabis use.
From the 21st – 22nd of May, 2024, the Legislative Council of Victoria’s Legal and Social Issues Committee conducted public hearings for the Inquiry into Workplace Drug Testing in Victoria.
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.
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 Kensington housing estate as ‘at risk of flooding’.
