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Voters may 'forgive' state One Nation leader's past

A One Nation leader's admissions of past mistakes have raised character questions but an election analyst believes many anti-establishment voters won't care.

AAP · Sep 9

VIC Medical Cannabis Users Can Now Keep Licence After Positive Roadside Drug Test

Victorian medicinal cannabis users are breathing a sigh of relief as a significant change to driving laws takes effect today.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 1, 2025

Cannabis 'policy muddle' requires clarity: report

Community attitudes toward cannabis are changing and criminal gangs benefit from the status quo, according to a report calling to reconsider decriminalisation.

AAP · Nov 27, 2024

‘This is a medicine’: the Australians prescribed cannabis but left fighting to keep their jobs

Some workers have been stood down while others face stigma or are hiding their use. But reform could be on the way

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2023

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten on finding her place after two terms as a politician

Since conceding defeat in December, the former member of the Victorian Legislative Council has finished chemotherapy and is looking for the next opportunity to advocate for change.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Victoria’s major parties back overhaul of drug-driving laws for medicinal cannabis users

The government and opposition are backing Legalise Cannabis effort to change ‘unfair’ road safety laws

The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2023

The Legalise Cannabis Party Could Pick Up Two Vic Seats, So Who Are They?

A group of Victorian minor parties including the Greens and the Legalise Cannabis Party could hold the balance of power in the state’s upper house if the votes still being counted from Saturday’s election flow in their favour.The Legalise Cannabis Party’s popularity has been getting much hiiiigher in recent years,…

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 30, 2022