By Benjamin Preiss
Cover 📷: James Brickwood
Re-elected MP Fiona Patten has put drug law reform at the top of her political agenda by introducing a bill to legalise marijuana in Victoria, which she hopes will gain the support of the new Parliament.
Ms Patten wants cannabis...
Re-elected Leader of the Reason Party, Fiona Patten MP, has wasted no time in setting the legislative agenda for the 59thParliament.
Before a single new member will have made their inaugural speech, Ms Patten will introduce a Bill to legalise cannabis in Victoria.
The legislation, called...
‘It has been a disaster’: Fiona Patten won’t support Hinch’s public sex offender’s register
Dec 12, 2018
Re-elected Upper House MP Fiona Patten says she will not support Derryn Hinch’s proposed public sex offender’s register legislation in the Victorian Parliament.
Hinch’s Justice Party has three seats in the Upper House, making them a powerful player in legislative decisions over the next...
ABC 774 Breakfast 12/12/18 – audio
Dec 12, 2018
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By Adam Carey & Benjamin Preiss
Cover 📷: CHRIS HOPKINS
The Andrews government will need to negotiate with a potentially unwieldy crossbench of 11 minor party MPs to get its legislation through the upper house.
Labor fell short of a majority in the upper house despite its...
Victorian election Upper House calculation results confirm Labor, crossbench domination
Dec 11, 2018
By state political reporters Richard Willingam and Stephanie Anderson
Cover 📷 AAP: Joe Castro
Daniel Andrews' dominance of Victorian politics continues, landing 18 of 40 Upper House seats, with enough progressive parties winning spots on the crossbench to potentially provide an...
By Benjamin Priess.
Cover 📷: CHRIS HOPKINS
Loud cheers broke the silence at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds as Fiona Patten's re-election to the Victorian Parliament’s upper house was confirmed.
She had faced a nervous wait before the results were finally confirmed on Tuesday...
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Balancing the Books, Patten Style
Nov 22, 2018
Leader of the Reason Party, Fiona Patten MP, has today released her Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) Pre-election Report – demonstrating that she can achieve meaningful social change and balance the books at the same time.
“At Reason, we are socially progressive, but also economically...