CHO, new DHHS boss to front Vic inquiry
Nov 19, 2020
Benita Kolovos
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton is set to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into the state's contact tracing system.
Professor Sutton will be among the Department of Health and Human Services witnesses called before the Legislative Council Legal and Social...
Use of cannabis inquiry – video
Nov 17, 2020
Use of cannabis in Victoria is being examined by the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee. In this Video, Chair Fiona Patten MP and Deputy Chair Tien Kieu MP discuss some of the issues. Submissions are still welcome. Find out more...
Health officials to front parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s COVID-19 contact tracing system
Nov 16, 2020
Anthony Piovesan
The state’s top health officials, leading epidemiologists and tech personnel will give evidence on Victoria’s COVID-19 contact tracing system at a parliamentary inquiry on Monday.
Australian Medical Association’s Julian Rait, Deakin University chair in epidemiology...
By Ayomide Ibironke
The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) has launched the ‘Burning Issues,’ a unique project established to mark the availability and use of safe nicotine products around the world.
The GSTHR document the progress and public health potential of tobacco...
Mildura’s hemp future on trial
Nov 12, 2020
JESS MALCOLM | Picture: Carmel Zaccone
Mildura is set to become the new hemp capital of Victoria following the launch of a new trial into the viability of hemp production and cultivation in Sunraysia.
Speaking at SuniTAFE, Victorian Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes said there was...
Defeat looms for Victorian murder gag law
Nov 10, 2020
The Australian | By CLAIRE HARVEY and NINA FUNNELLPicture: Andrew Henshaw
The Victorian government on Tuesday night failed in the upper house to pass a controversial gag clause in the face of furious opposition from the families of murdered rape victims, including Jill Meagher.
A...
Sutton to front Vic contact tracing probe
Nov 6, 2020
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Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton is expected to give evidence at a parliamentary inquiry into the state's COVID-19 contact tracing system.
The upper house inquiry, chaired by Reason Party MP Fiona Patten, is also expected to hear from state virus testing head...
‘The road to reform will be rocky, but I’m more optimistic than ever’ – Interview with Cannabiz
Oct 29, 2020
The leader of the Reason Party and cannabis advocate Fiona Patten has described how she “wore down” state authorities in her battle to end the discriminatory drug-driving laws in Victoria.
But she warned the road to reform could still be “rocky” and stressed the police should not be...
Tom Burton and Tom McIlroy
Chief scientist Alan Finkel has broken with the Prime Minister and federal ministers, agreeing Victoria now has the best contact tracing platform of all the states and saying Australia has a chance to stop transmission of the virus completely.
Dr Finkel also...
By Sumeyya Ilanbey and Paul Sakkal📷: Jason South
A parliamentary inquiry chaired by Reason Party MP Fiona Patten will investigate Victoria's COVID-19 contact tracing system and how it performed during the deadly second wave.
Upper house MPs passed a motion on Wednesday afternoon to...