MEDIA STATEMENT: Member for Burwood Will Fowles
Jul 26, 2019
I was, like many others in the community, shocked at the behaviour of the Member for Burwood Will Fowles recently. His conduct was out of order, not just for a sitting member of the Victorian Parliament, but for anyone in general really.
Since Mr Fowles’ election in 2018, I have found...
Presented by not-for-profit organisation Global Health Initiative, a foundation focused on medicinal cannabis education and research, this one-day conference and one-day masterclass on medicinal cannabis and treatment of mental health conditions was held in Melbourne on 20 & 21 July...
The New Daily: Data reveals the richest charities in Australia – and who gets the most government handouts
Jul 18, 2019
By Cait Kelly
Australia’s richest charities include some of our best universities, a Catholic education advocacy group and a foundation that runs the controversial Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.
A policy-making group for Catholic schools in Victoria leads the pack of...
JOY FM: Fiona Patten on drug driving laws – audio
Jul 18, 2019
Breakfast with Tom and Mikey, 18/7/19 on Australia's OUT, LOUD & PROUD radio station, JOY 94.9FM www.joy.org.au
Fiona catches up with Tom and Mikey on drug driving laws, Melbourne Writers Festival and near-death...
Reason Leader and Member for Northern Metropolitan, Fiona Patten, has responded to comments by Victorian Coroner Phillip Byrne, who yesterday handed down his report on the tragic death last year of an 18-month-old boy who died after consuming liquid nicotine.
“My heart goes out to...
Shepparton News: Spotlight on police checks
Jul 17, 2019
by JAMES BENNETT
Shepparton is the only regional city in Victoria to take part in a Victorian Government fact-finding mission around spent convictions.
The Legislative Council’s Legal and Social Issues Committee, including Wendy Lovell, Tania Maxwell and Fiona Patten, were in...
A team of Geelong students say the pill-testing policy they passed in Victoria’s Youth Parliament would prevent some drug overdoses and save lives.
By Magy Mekhaiel
A TEAM of Geelong students say the pill-testing policy they passed in Victoria’s Youth Parliament would prevent...
By Wes Hosking
A statewide audit of churches and disused schools would assess their suitability to house the homeless.
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten, who is chairing a parliamentary probe into homelessness, said an audit could focus on properties whose owners were exempt from...
Evenings with David Astle 4/7/19
Reason Leader Fiona Patten talks about an inquiry into homelessness and the urgent need to help the 24 000 Victorians who currently do not have anywhere to call home. She discusses the many and varied reasons that people become homeless. She says housing is a...