Upper House MP, Fiona Patten, has congratulated former Collingwood player, Dane Swan, on his honesty and openness in admitting his recreational drug use while playing football. She said that his comments, (contained in his recently released autobiography) were a breath of fresh air in the debate...
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Fiona Patten, leader of the Sex Party speaks to David Gale about the recent change in attitude about euthanasia and the current cross party parliamentary...
Teenagers at Wodonga High School have pitched their case to politicians considering lowering Victoria’s legal driving age to 17.
Speaking directly to the parliamentary inquiry members who will make a recommendation on the issue, students said the change would help them access work, sport...
Member for Northern Metropolitan Region and Leader of the Australian Sex Party, Fiona Patten MP, has called on the federal government to take the national plebiscite on marriage equality online - if we have to have one at all. Ms Patten has just returned from an overseas trip with Victorian...
Victorian Sex Party MP pushes Parliament to consider ‘economic benefits’ of legalising marijuana
Sep 14, 2016
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PHOTO: Australian Sex Party leader Fiona Patten wants Victoria to become the "mull bowl" of the world. (AAP: Julian Smith)
Australian Sex Party MP Fiona Patten has introduced a motion to Victoria's Upper House calling for the legalisation of cannabis for personal...
By Ed Gardiner - Moreland Leader, September 8, 2016
Brothel ads posted near Coburg primary schools have come under fire, with people demanding they be removed.
Hundreds of posters, featuring a naked woman advertising a Thomastown brothel, have been plastered across Coburg, Brunswick and...
By Megan Gorrey - The Canberra Times, September 5, 2016
Sex Party candidates have damned Telstra Tower as "ugly", an "awful eyesore" and "complete embarrassment" as they called for the Canberra landmark to be torn down or transformed.
The party put forward the controversial idea as...
Sex Party leads push to legalise marijuana
Aug 31, 2016
The Age - 31/8/16
· Benjamin Preiss
Victorians would be free to smoke and grow marijuana if a push by the Sex Party to legalise the drug is successful.
On Wednesday, Sex Party MP Fiona Patten will introduce a motion to the upper house calling on the government to immediately...
Fiona Patten Talks Homelessness
Aug 30, 2016
On the 30th of August, Fiona Patten MLC met with various managers, networkers and CEO's of housing and homelessness service providers at the Parliament.
Some organisations represented included Melbourne City Mission, Launch Housing, Women's Property Initiative, The Salvation Army and...
Honourable Mention for Report into Taxing Religion
Aug 26, 2016
On the 25th of August, thirty-five participants from the Victorian Parliamentary Internship Program joined with their MP's in Queens Hall, Parliament House to participate in the graduation of the first semester class of 2016.
Fiona and Sofia at Queens Hall. Photo: David Peake
Now in its...