By David Adams Cover 📷: James Ross / AAP Images Greens leader Richard Di Natale has slammed the Victorian and New South Wales state governments over their refusal to permit pill testing trials at festivals, saying “wilful ignorance” around the harm reduction measure may contribute to the deaths of more young Australians. Speaking at the Melbourne launch of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s (SSDP) Be Heard Not Harmed campaign,
Reason leader Fiona Patten speaks with Tony Jones on Australia Day citizenship ceremonies, robo-calls and pill testing. Cli...
It was a close call for the leader of the Reason Party in the 2018 Victorian state election, winning her seat for the Northern Met...
By Broede Carmody Cover 📷: James Alcock The refusal to adopt nationwide pill-testing trials is “needlessly enda...
Twitter FeedNow that the festival season is moving south and the health experts agree on #pilltesting Victorian Premier @DanielAndrewsMP and Youth Minister @GabbyWilliamsMP should not miss the opportunity to protect our youth with a trial
The health experts agree #pilltesting is important and integral to keeping young people safe. Yet our politicians seem to think they know better than the experts and young people who are most affected #beheardnotharmed
I have done the training and we have a defibrillator at my Brunswick office.Very glad it is there - hope I never have to use it #savinglivesisateameffort
Excellent ecstasy explainer and yet another argument for protecting young people #pilltesting #beheardnotharmed https://t.co/N7XFOGYg7P
Fiona Patten is the founder and leader of REASON, and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan region.
She came to politics after 20 years of lobbying for the rights of organisations involved in the sexual rights movement – including small businesses, sex workers, HIV/AIDS organisations, adult media and online anti-censorship groups.
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