The Jehovah’s Witnesses are one of two Victorian organisations that failed to sign up to the National Redress Scheme by the 30 June 2020 deadline.
More than 1800 children were abused by 1006 perpetrators in Jehovah’s Witness institutions, the Royal Commission found.
“Jehovah Witnesses...
3AW: Out of left field with Fiona Patten – audio
Jun 30, 2020
Mornings with Neil Mitchell: Neil asks Fiona if she wears a face mask and if the State Government is doing a good job on responding to...
Member for Northern Metropolitan and Leader of The Reason Party, Fiona Patten, has instructed parliamentary counsel to draft a Bill that will remove charitable tax exemptions from Victorian institutions who refuse to sign up to the National Redress Scheme for People Who Have Experienced Child...
JOY 94.9FM: Tom &Jess 19/6/20 – audio
Jun 19, 2020
Our voice of Reason, Fiona Patten, called in to discuss a petition she is backing to save Victoria’s live music venues after the hardships and loss of work due to COVID-19.
To show your support for venues, musicians, hospitality and our economy, go...
Drug use not just an inner-city issue
Jun 18, 2020
By Fiona Patten, as published in The Age
For many of us, the announcement of a second safe injecting centre in Melbourne came more as a relief than a surprise. The North Richmond centre has become one of the busiest in the world, providing services for 4350 people who visited the centre...
*Media Stop Alert – Save Live Music*
Jun 18, 2020
When: Thursday 18 June, 8:15am
Where: Parliament Doors
Who: Fiona Patten MP, Save Our Scene Campaigners & Live Music Venue Owners
Leader of The Reason Party and Member for Northern Metropolitan, Fiona Patten, will be making an announcement with the Save Our Scene group to call...
By Ben Schneiders and Sumeyya Ilanbey, 📷: Scott Mcnaughton
The first laws in Australia to make the deliberate underpayment of wages a crime appear likely to pass Victoria’s upper house as early as this week.
The Andrews government’s Wage Theft Bill includes hefty fines and up...
Fiona Patten launches #FightStupid Campaign
Jun 11, 2020
Reason Leader and Member for Northern Metropolitan Region has today launched a new campaign #FightStupid. Because, some things are just plain stupid and need to be called out.
Street posters have gone up around Melbourne emblazoned with examples such as "5G does not cause coronavirus" and...
Leader of The Reason Party and Member for Northern Metropolitan, Fiona Patten, is urging Police Minister Lisa Neville to immediately implement a monitoring system for racial profiling in Victoria – a full three years after Victorian Police committed to do so. Racial profile monitoring is where...