Junkee | Victoria Announced It Will Decriminalise Sex Work And Finally Treat It Like Any Other Industry
Aug 13, 2021
by EDWINA STORIE
Victoria has just announced it will decriminalise sex work, whether it be through self-employment, small employers, or large companies.
This is an important move towards not only destigmatising sex work, but allowing the industry to be regulated through the same business...
This is a red letter day for the red light industry. The Government's announcement it will implement my recommendation to decriminalise sex work as legitimate employment will protect these workers and reduce the stigma and discrimination they have for so long endured.
After pursuing this fair,...
Fiona comments on cannabis report – video
Aug 5, 2021
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"We the undersigned support the proposal to replace the Lord’s Prayer from the start of parliamentary sitting days by allowing people of any faith, or none, to pray. The motion to be moved by Reason Party Leader Fiona Patten MLC underscores fairness; it would simply have the President of the...
Herald Sun | Politics & The Lord’s Prayer
Aug 3, 2021
FIONA PATTEN | LEADER OF THE REASON PARTY
Let us pray. Or not. Everybody has the right to religious faith. Nobody has the right to impose their religious faith. No religion has a spiritual or moral monopoly.
With freedom of religion comes the responsibility to respect others’ freedom to...
The Age | Dropping Lord’s Prayer would help State Parliament better reflect our diversity
Aug 2, 2021
The Age's View | Editor, Gay Alcorn
The Lord’s Prayer has been a regular fixture in the Victorian Parliament since the early part of last century. It has been recited at the start of each sitting day since 1918. The prayer, which begins with the line, “Our Father, who art in Heaven,...
Anthony Bunn
Picture: MARK JESSER
THE North East's most senior Christian leader has indicated he supports removing the Lord's Prayer from Victorian Upper House sittings. Anglican Bishop of Wangaratta Clarence Bester was reacting to a bid by Reason Party leader Fiona Patten to end daily reading...
By Ali MC
Soon after he left foster care, Phil found himself living on the streets of Melbourne, where he says he would sleep on traffic islands as they were brightly lit and felt safer.
More than 116,000 people are homeless on any given night in Australia and that number is rising all the...
The Age | Parliament’s paradox: Does your work day begin by reciting the Lord’s Prayer?
Jul 28, 2021
Duncan Fine
Contributor
How does your work day start? In the Victorian Parliament nothing gets done until the reading of the Lord’s Prayer. As many cultural conservatives tell us, we are a country founded on Judeo-Christian values.
But calls have been getting...
3AW Mornings with Neil Mitchell 27th of July – audio
Jul 27, 2021
Interview with Fiona Patten, Reason Party Leader. Patten discusses why it's important to replace the Lord's Prayer with a moment of silent reflection in...