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Cam Wilson An increasingly organised online COVID-19 denialist, anti-vaccine group is spamming Victorian politicians’ inboxes with pseudo-legal emails to try stop public health measures. Online activist group Reignite Democracy Australia (RDA) is encouraging its followers to send hundreds...

By Charles Purcell Confronted by a rise in suicides amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan has just appointed its first Minister for Loneliness. “I hope to carry out activities to prevent social loneliness and isolation and to protect ties between people,” says the new minister, Tetsushi...

By state political reporter Richard Willingham Crown Resorts' suitability to run Melbourne's casino will be tested by a new royal commission in Victoria, after a damning NSW inquiry found the gambling giant was not suitable to hold a casino licence. Former federal court judge and senior...

By Sumeyya Ilanbey Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley is meeting key crossbench MP Fiona Patten at 2.30pm AEDT to begin the process of breaking the political impasse over Victoria’s state of emergency laws. The Andrews government is seeking a nine-month extension to the powers to...

Crossbench MP Fiona Patten says she won’t support Premier Daniel Andrews proposal to extend the state of emergency until the end of the year. The Victorian Premier wants emergency powers extended until December 15 in order to manage the pandemic. Reason Party leader MP Fiona Patten...

By Alex WhitePicture: NCA NewsWire A proposed extension to Victoria’s state of emergency looks set to fail in the state’s upper house, however Daniel Andrews will meet with at least one key upper house crossbencher this afternoon to discuss potential changes. Reason Party leader MP...

Reason Coalition MPs Fiona Patten and Ali Cupper have today made it clear to the Victorian Government they will vote against the current State of Emergency extension bill before Parliament. “When the government sought a 12-month extension in September last year I rejected it,” said Ms...

Interview with Fiona Patten, Reason Party Leader. Patten discusses concerns over the extension of the state of emergency, as well as the issue of regional rates.Click PLAY below to listen to the whole...

By Greg Barns Picture: Luke Bowden EVERY day in South Australia’s courts there is injustice occurring. Drivers using cannabis, approved by their doctor for medicinal purposes,are finding themselves convicted of drug-driving offences and losing their licence for three months and longer as...

Interview with Fiona Patten, Reason Party. Patten discusses the upcoming debate on the change to suppression conversion practices prohibition bill. She reiterates that the bill will not deter people from practising their religious faith and will instead prevent them from causing harm....