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Breakfast with Debra Pearce Reason Coalition Leader and Member for Northern Metropolitan, Fiona Patten MP, who is touring north-west Victoria with deputy leader Ali Cupper discuss regional rates, border closures and an alcohol and other drug centre for Mildura. Click PLAY below to listen...

By Matt Taylormtaylor@sunraysiadaily.com.auPhoto by Ben Gross THE SuniTAFE farm team’s first trial hemp crop is growing well ahead of a March harvest. SuniTAFE has a two-year arrangement with Australian Primary Hemp to run trials at its Cardross farm. Member for Mildura Ali Cupper and...

REASON Coalition leader Fiona Patten has called for a national scheme to control COVID-19 border closures. Ms Patten, who is touring north-west Victoria this week with deputy leader Ali Cupper to discuss a range of issues with stakeholders, believes the ad hoc approach to border closures is...

Pictured: Hemp Task Force Jan 2020, Fiona Patten MP, Mildura SuniTAFE primary industries manager Warren Lloyd and Ali Cupper MP A HEMP partnership between Mildura SuniTAFE and Australian Primary Hemp at Tafe’s Smart Farm in Cardross is showing plenty of promise. Member for Mildura...

Reason Coalition Leader and Member for Northern Metropolitan, Fiona Patten MP, who is touring north-west Victoria with deputy leader Ali Cupper to discuss a range of issues with stakeholders, believes the current ad-hoc approach to border closures is not working. Ms Patten said the impact on...

By Jon Faine Image: Paul Jeffers May the games begin. After an atypical summer, the Victorian parliamentary year resumes February 2. The Premier returns only partially refreshed, having interrupted his leave at his wife’s insistence. Spending his ‘holiday’ on the phone was never...

By Simone Fox Koob 📷: Paul Jeffers A Victorian MP says an unprecedented level of "fury and anger" is being directed towards politicians online. Reason Party leader Fiona Patten's comments came after a man in Queensland was charged with harassing her on social media. Ms Patten...

The View from Left Field with Fiona Patten, Reason Party Leader. Click PLAY below to hear the...

BY FELICITY GERRY, SUZAN GENCAYAND SIMONE CURMI-BLACKWELL The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws, which has not yet been made public. We made a submission with a focus on the decriminalisation of sex work, including raising...

A PETITION, a delegation to Melbourne and a stakeholder action team are among the key measures in a new campaign by Member for Mildura Ali Cupper tohighlight the “unfair” rates system in Victoria. Ms Cupper will today launch RateGate, which will engage the community as she continues...