3AW: Mornings with Tony Jones 2/7/19 – audio
Jul 2, 2019
Reason leader, Fiona Patten discusses loneliness, reintegration and more.
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Plans to introduce spent convictions legislation in Victoria – the only state that doesn’t allow the wiping of minor convictions from a person’s record – stalled earlier this year. Now, Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has put the scheme back on the agenda. By Denham...
ABC Radio Darwin: Mornings with Adam Steer – audio
Jun 28, 2019
ABC Darwin - Mornings with Adam Steer. Reason leader Fiona Patten discusses Sex Work and current laws in Victoria and the Northern Territory.
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Nicotine Forum – opinion
Jun 28, 2019
"Hello, I am a politician and a criminal." The room laughed a little nervously and no doubt some in the room were muttering under their breath well aren’t they all? It was the opening of the 9th Global Forum on Nicotine and I was sharing the stage with doctors, litigation lawyers, consumer...
Reason Leader and Member for Northern Metropolitan Region, Fiona Patten, says our modern reliance on the internet means that Google’s algorithms are essentially the gatekeeper to information in the public domain – so the tech giant needs to be accountable.
“With great power comes great...
ABC Mornings with Rafael Epstein
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The West Australian: New life for old bad blood
Jun 25, 2019
Show reveals the bitterness that lingers in Liberal ranks
By Jenna Clarke
There is nothing better than politicians off the leash.
Which, together with a menacing soundtrack and ridiculous re-enactments, is what political TV specials usually offer...
Reason Leader and Member for Northern Metropolitan, Fiona Patten, says the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) in North Richmond is very deserving of its award at the 2019 National Alcohol and Other Drugs Excellence and Innovation Awards last night.
North Richmond...
June 22, 2019 at 07:30 pm by Roderick T. dela Cruz
Warsaw, Poland—A former consultant of the World Health Organization expects tobacco companies to invest in safer nicotine products such as vapes or electronic cigarettes, heat-not-burn sticks and snus amid rising demand from...
Voluntary Assisted Dying laws came into effect in Victoria on June 19, 2019. Fiona Patten MP was central in achieving this historic reform. The Project covers the new legislation, talks to potential recipients and tells the story of brave Belinda Teh who walked from Melbourne to Perth lobbying for...