Daniel Andrews has faced questions over cannabis reforms in Victoria after the Legalise Cannabis party gained two seats in the upper house - votes that could be crucial in passing legislation.
, with Labor needing the support of six crossbenchers to pass legislation.
"We've got no plans at this time to do that and that's been our consistent position. At the end of the day the government's been elected with a clear mandate to get on and deliver all the commitments we made," he said. "Some of those will require parliamentary approval, many of them don't. I don't need to put a law into the Parliament to recruit additional ambos... to get on and build the Suburban Rail Loop or build new hospitals or schools or road or rail.
Mr Andrews said discussions took place on drug driving reforms during the last term of Parliament including with now ousted upper house member Fiona Patten but there were a"number of complexities" to changing testing. "But I just want to stress this is particularly acute and particularly of importance to me for those who are lawfully using medicinal cannabis."
"It was always put to the government there's a bunch of people – for whatever condition they've got they need medicinal cannabis – but won't use it because of this driving issue.
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