ABC RN Breakfast 28/10/20
Oct 28, 2020
Victoria's parliament will today debate legislation that critics say will ban families and media outlets from speaking about and reporting on deceased victims of sexual assault.
The state government says the changes are necessary to fix laws that banned survivors from speaking publicly...
Vic poised for spent convictions scheme
Oct 27, 2020
by AAP NEWSWIRE
Victoria is set to become the last Australian state to introduce a spent convictions scheme.
A bill was introduced in state parliament on Tuesday that will prevent the disclosure of eligible minor convictions after 10 years if a person has committed no other...
Media Release: Let’s Go!
Oct 26, 2020
Zero. Nada. None. Nil. Zilch.
No New Cases Means Premier Must Open Safely – and Now.
Member for Northern Metropolitan and Leader of The Reason Party, Fiona Patten MP, has called on Premier Daniel Andrews to finally take the opening steps he has promised every Victorian as the state records...
Larissa Sandy | Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice Studies, RMIT University
The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws.
This is the first large-scale review of Victorian sex work laws since 1985 and presents a huge...
Member for Northern Metropolitan and Leader of the Reason Party, Fiona Patten MP, has backed a group of candidates for council elections in Victoria that she hopes will see the party extend its reach from state parliament to local government.
“We are running a targeted campaign in a select...
ABC News Radio – Breakfast 19/10/20
Oct 19, 2020
Melburnians have woken up to an easing of restrictions, with changes to travel, outdoor gatherings, sport and hairdressers now in effect.
For the first time in months, Melbourne residents will be allowed to travel up to 25 kilometres away from their homes and can leave the house for as long...
Cait Kelly Reporter
In addition to deciding the fate of their political representatives on Saturday, New Zealanders also cast their votes on the burning issue of cannabis legalisation.
While the results of that referendum won’t be known until October 30, it has already sparked...
By Gillian Jalimnson
In the Australian state of Victoria, a Government working group will be formed with view to making changes to road laws effectively forbidding patients who take legally prescribed medicines with THC from driving.
Currently, it is an offence in Victoria for a person...
Australian-first push to allow medicinal cannabis patients to drive wins parliament support
Oct 14, 2020
By ANTHONY PIOVESAN 📷: Andrew Henshaw/NCA NewsWire
The Victorian government will back a push for medicinal cannabis patients to be able to drive in an Australian-first move.
Victorian Reason Party MP Fiona Patten – behind the push supported in parliament on Wednesday – said it...
New bill proposes medicinal cannabis users be allowed to drive with low levels of THC in system
Oct 14, 2020
Alex White, Herald Sun
A new law could allow people taking medicinal cannabis to be able to drive a car while medicated in Victoria.
Currently, anyone taking cannabis for medical reasons cannot hit the roads at all, effectively rendering them unable to drive a car.
However, in a new...