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Jan 31, 2020
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Cricket Australia, Cricket Victoria and the Australian Cricketers Association have launched the Australian...
By Alex Bruce-SmithA doctor in Victoria is refusing to offer vital reproductive health care – including prescribing contraception or providing advice about abortion and vasectomies – in what appears to be a growing issue in response to debate around the Religious Discrimination Bill.
A...
ABC Ballarat Drive 30/1/20 – audio
Jan 30, 2020
Interview with Fiona Patten, Reason Party head. A Torquay doctor Hong sparked controversy by refusing IVF and abortion...
Joy 94.9 FM Tom& Jess – Bushfires & God TV
Jan 20, 2020
Fiona Patten joins Tom and Jess to discuss the current state of the Australian bushfires, as well as a listener question about one of her own past decisions.
Plus, with Christian missionaries installing “God TV” in the homes of indigenous Australians, their director has retracted a...
By Erin Pearson and Ashleigh McMillan
Swastika badges and rings being sold as war memorabilia at a Melbourne trash and treasure market has angered the Jewish community and reignited debate about banning the items.
It comes as residents of the small Victorian town of...
Friday, January 17, 2020
Fiona Patten, Member for Northern Metro and Leader of the Reason Party, will today join other MP’s in launching High Alert, a campaign to end the use of sniffer dogs at music festivals and nightclubs.
Drug detection dogs are widely used at music...
By Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Two of the country's minor political parties will join forces and merge in NSW in a bid to put assisted dying laws back on the legislative agenda.
The 1800 state members of the Voluntary Euthanasia Party have voted overwhelmingly to become the NSW branch of the...
By Michael Fowler
The 75-year-old man who went on hunger strike for climate change ended his 38-day fast on Christmas afternoon before going to hospital to start a strict recuperation program.
Dave McKay had sat on the steps of Victorian Parliament since November 19, refusing to consume...
Tributes pour in for Vic premier John Cain
Dec 23, 2019
BY AAP
*"We are grateful John enjoyed good health and remained very active prior to his stroke. He is much loved and admired by his family and will be greatly missed," Cain family statement
*"John's leadership transformed Labor into a party that not only represented the...