$55 Million – The Price of False Charity
Nov 22, 2018
Leader of the Reason Party, Fiona Patten MP, has today released her costed policy, putting a figure on the scale of tax avoidance being perpetrated by religious run businesses in Victoria.
Ms Patten plans to crack down on for-profit businesses that take advantage of charitable tax exemptions...
Patten promises bill to legalise cannabis
Nov 21, 2018
By Monique Hore, state political reporter
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has promised a radical Bill to legalise cannabis within a year, if re-elected on Saturday.
The Legislative Council crossbencher was vital to establishing the state’s first drug- injecting centre in...
Preference reform urgent, MP says
Nov 21, 2018
By Rachel Baxendale, Victorian Political Reporter and Samantha Hutchinson, Victorian Political Writer - THE AUSTRALIAN
Victorian upper house MP Fiona Patten has called for urgent reform of the state’s preferential voting system for the Legislative Council, taking aim at...
YES WE CANnabis
Nov 21, 2018
Leader of the Reason Party Fiona Patten MP has today revealed her plan to make cannabis legal for recreational purposes in Victoria.
“If elected again by the people of Northern Metro, I promise to bring forward legislation within my first 12 months that will pave the way to make Victoria the...
By state political reporter Richard Willingham
📷: Sharon McCutcheon
Buying and smoking cannabis would be legal in Victoria within the next two years under an ambitious new policy pitch from the Reason Party.
The plan would boost the state's coffers by $204 million, according to...
A Reason to stay connected
Nov 19, 2018
The leader of the Reason Party, Fiona Patten MP, has announced plans to introduce WiFi on all Victoria public transport as part of a set of policies aiming to regain Melbourne’s status as the worlds most liveable city.
“This is about enabling the public to stay connected during their...
Cash for Votes: Democracy for Sale in Victoria
Nov 19, 2018
Victorian Upper House MP, Fiona Patten, has pledged to initiate reform of Victoria’s voting system if re elected at Saturday’s state election. Her first pledge after being elected in 2014 was to get voluntary assisted dying laws introduced, which she did.
“My first priority as a member of...
Being smart on crime will save Victoria $216m
Nov 19, 2018
Fiona Patten's Reason Party candidate for South Eastern Metro, Laura Chipp, has released the party’s Modern Criminal Justice policy today, which will reduce re-offending and save Victoria $216m.
The centerpiece of the policy, costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), is to adopt Spain's...
By Royce Millar & Ben Schneiders
Cover 📷: AAP
Senator Derryn Hinch has acknowledged his own adviser, self-styled "preference whisperer" Glenn Druery, may have worked against the interests of his Justice Party in the build-up to next week's state election.
Mr Druery has...
By Josh Butler, 10 daily Senior News Reporter
It came with a tongue-in-cheek joke about stiff necks versus stiffies, but the Victorian state election has opened up new discussion about how Australia outlaws sex work.
The Reason Party, formerly known as the Sex Party, this week...