Safety claims dog council

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A THREE-YEAR battle to improve lighting at All Nations Park has reached the Victorian upper house. Members of the Legislative Council have backed a community group’s claims that the park was unsafe at night. The group of dog owners protested outside the council chambers before a budget submission meeting last Thursday, and said it was…
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Statement on Mandatory Sentencing

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Paramedics place themselves in harm’s way to save people’s lives. It is a noble and challenging job and paramedics should feel safe at work. I too am angered by the conduct of perpetrators in this highly publicised case. Actions like theirs should never go unpunished. However, the question at hand, is whether mandatory gaol sentences…
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Fiona Patten calls for a greater focus on STEAM than STEM – Media Release

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Today Fiona Patten MP, leader of the Reason Party, questioned the government on its commitment to creativity, music and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) education.   During the Parliamentary Accounts and Estimates committee hearing today, Ms Patten questioned the Minister for Education, James Merlino, about the Victorian Budget Paper’s $1 Million funding for…
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Fiona Patten MP responds to the Budget: The government is listening but there is still more we need to achieve

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Fiona Patten MP, leader of the Reason Party, has been described by ABC’s Jon Faine as one of Australia’s ‘most effective legislators’ and the Victorian Government’s 2018-19 budget goes a long way in validating this. Fiona was elected in 2014 and has a hugely impressive record of working cross-party to achieve impressive and progressive legislation….
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MP Calls for Audit of Victorian Liberal Party’s Use of Sex Workers – Fiona Patten MP

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Reason Party leader, Fiona Patten, has condemned the Liberal Party’s support for the so-called ‘Nordic Model’ of regulating sex work which was passed at the party’s state conference last week. ‘This is not a model for regulating sex work but a ban by another name and should be acknowledged as such’, she said. ‘The Liberals…
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‘We aren’t going to win the war on drugs’: MP calls for Australia to allow Amsterdam-style cafes where customers can smoke marijuana and eat hash cookies – Daily Mail

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A state MP has called for Australia to introduce Amsterdam-style cafes where customers can enjoy hash cookies and smoke joints. Fiona Patten, a member of Victoria’s upper house, said marijuana should be decriminalised so it can be bought at shops and enjoyed over a cup of coffee as it is in The Netherlands. ‘Would I…
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Greens’ Cannabis Policy U-Turn: A Desperate Attempt To Vote Grab? – Fiona Patten

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Reason Party leader and Victorian Upper House member, Fiona Patten, has labelled the Greens call to legalise recreational cannabis as a desperate attempt to stay relevant to young voters and without reference to recent developments in the US and Canada. Ms Patten has been a strong advocate for the legalisation of cannabis for many years…
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What Democracy looks like

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Hello from Canada in it’s very brisk springtime glory! I am currently on a study tour with the Electoral Matters Committee investigating best practice in electoral participation, which Canada does quite well. Also, while I’m here I’ll be taking a look at their new cannabis regulations. Oh Canada … why are you so good at all the things? I’m glad that this trip…
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Victorian MP Rachel Carling-Jenkins denies chucking a sickie to avoid controversial vote – ABC News

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Upper House MP for the Australian Conservatives, Rachel Carling-Jenkins, has rejected suggestions she deliberately avoided a vote on the Government’s controversial fire services bill. Dr Carling-Jenkins was absent from Parliament last week when the Upper House was debating the controversial bill to restructure the fire services. She had been an opponent of the plan, and…
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Rorts: Parliament Needs to do Better to Regain Public Confidence – Fiona Patten MP

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I believe that as members of parliament we should act with integrity, in a way that maintains the upmost public confidence. Our culture should not be that of finding loopholes; Of taking advantage of laws to their fullest; Of breaking or bending rules. It should be the opposite. In our judicial system there is an…
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RN with Linda Mottram – Drug Report

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  Report on ABC Radio National, aired on PM program on Tuesday 27th of March at 6:30 PM, featuring Fiona Patten. The issue of personal drug use has long challenged Australian governments and a Victorian Parliamentary committee report has recommended that it be treated as a health issue. It’s one of 50 recommendations on issues…
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Call to re-assess Vic drug driving laws – SBS News Australia

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Victoria needs to re-assess its drug driving laws to measure impairment, not just the presence of drugs, a report into drug law reform recommends. Victoria needs to re-assess its drug driving laws to measure impairment, and not just the presence of drugs, a report recommends. Parliament’s drug law reform inquiry released its 640-page report on…
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Call for pill testing at festivals to help emergency services treat overdose victims – ABC News

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Pill testing should be introduced at music festivals to help emergency workers treat patients suffering adverse reactions like overdoses, according to an inquiry into Victorian drug law reform. A state parliamentary committee investigating laws and regulation of illicit drugs released the mammoth 680-page report with 50 recommendations. It proposed authorities, but not festival goers, have…
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Parliamentary Report Offers Clear Roadmap for Fixing Drug Problems

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Fiona Patten MLC has tabled the Law Reform, Road Safety Committee Report on Drug Law Reform in the Legislative Council, that she initiated in November 2015. The comprehensive 680 page report with 50 recommendations received extensive evidence and research from a wide range of experts and peak organisations from Australia and internationally. In all it…
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Sniffer dog, drug-driving reforms proposed in Victoria’s long-awaited drug report – Herald Sun

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THE use of sniffer dogs at music festivals should be probed and drug-driving laws expanded to include more substances, according to an explosive parliamentary report. The unprecedented measures are expected to be among more than 50 recommend­ations to be handed down by the joint house committee in the Victorian parliament on Tuesday. Some of the…
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Call to fix youth justice system crisis by boosting mental health – The Age

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Staff at Victoria’s two youth justice centres have used lockdowns and isolation to control juvenile detainees many thousands of times in the past two years, often due to staff shortages and in contravention of human rights laws, a damning report has found. The practice of locking down and isolating youth offenders inside the Parkville and Malmsbury…
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What the hell is it with politicians when it comes to sex and drugs? – The Canberra Times

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s recent inevitably dubbed ”bonk ban” is an upstanding contender for the decade’s dumbest policy. This is not at all to say ministers should have impunity to have sex with staff members; there is clearly potential for carnal abuse of power and the Prime Minister is right to call it out as…
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Coroner recommends trial of safe injecting room in North Richmond amid heroin deaths

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By Nino Bucci and Benjamin Preiss Updated 20 February 2017 — 8:15pm first published at 3:12pm   A coroner has recommended the Victorian government trial a supervised injecting room in north Richmond, amid an unprecedented spate of heroin overdoses. Coroner Jacqui Hawkins held an inquest in December into the death of Ms A, a 34-year-old who overdosed from heroin on…
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Fiona Patten Challenges Premier and Opposition Leader With New ‘Tough on Drugs’ Paradigm – Media Release

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Reason Party Leader, Fiona Patten MLC, has challenged both the Victorian Premier and the Leader of the Opposition to enact new laws around drugs that would be the toughest ever introduced in Victoria. She said they would smash the $8 billion illegal drug empire overnight and reduce the crime rate in the state by a…
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Obscene Wealth: Days are numbered for Churches tax-free status – Media Release

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A day of reckoning for state and federal governments over the tax-free status of Australia’s largest religious institutions is well overdue according to Victorian Upper House MP and Leader of REASON, Fiona Patten MLC. Successive governments have enabled the Catholic Church to amass a tax-free property and business portfolio valued at over $30 Billion making…
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Fiona Patten: MP Calls for action on Medicinal Cannabis accessibility

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Victorian Upper House MP and leader of REASON, Fiona Patten MLC is concerned patients are needlessly suffering while access to medicinal cannabis remains elusive. As far back as October 2015, the government announced that it had accepted all recommendations of the Victorian Law Reform Commission, clearing the way for patients with multiple sclerosis, cancer, HIV…
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3AW: Reason Party leader calls for pill-testing to be introduced

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The Reason Party has renewed calls for the introduction of pill-testing. It comes after nine people were hospitalised after a mass drug overdose at Festival Hall on the weekend. Reason Party leader Fiona Patten told Neil Mitchell evidence from overseas trials shows that pill-testing saves lives and reduces drug use. “How many people need to die?”…
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Minor parties could be even bigger players in Victoria’s Parliament after this year’s election

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It was an unusual sight. A non-government MP standing shoulder to shoulder with Labor Premier Daniel Andrews and three ministers for a major policy announcement.. But the appearance of Reason Party MP Fiona Patten at the policy launch for a safe injecting room trial in Richmond could be the start of a new trend, with predictions neither…
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Victorian MP introduces bill to tax religious organisations

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Victorian Upper House MP, Fiona Patten will today first read a Bill in the Victorian Parliament to amend the Charities Act 1978 to exclude the advancement of religion as a charitable purpose. This amendment will ensure that tax exemptions for charities in Victoria only apply to those organisations engaging in objectively charitable works. Most people…
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3AW: Pokies more damaging than cannabis: Patten calls for gambling limits

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Mornings with Neil Mitchell. Fiona Patten wants to cap the amount of cash gamblers can withdraw at poker venues, saying the machines are “more damaging” than drugs. The Reason Party (former Australian Sex Party) leader told Neil Mitchell the government wants to limit ATM withdrawals to $500 per day. “I’m calling on them to reduce…
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Campaigners urge politicians to take pokies pause

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A last-ditch attempt will be launched in parliament this week to stop the Victorian government handing the state’s pokies venues a long-term jackpot worth up to $70 billion. Legislation for 20-year licences to operate gambling venues and relax ownership limits on the addictive poker machines was expected to be rubber-stamped this week by the state’s upper house. The…
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Safe drug injecting room trial in Melbourne’s inner north

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PARAMEDICS have treated a second suspected overdose victim near North Richmond’s safe injecting room site after a person earlier had an apparent overdose metres from where Premier Daniel Andrews was giving a media conference. The man overdosed on Lennox St at 12.28pm and was attended to by paramedics. It comes after Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed…
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Discover the reason behind Daniel Andrews’ about face on injecting centre

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The announcement of Victoria’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) by the Victorian Government is to be embraced according to REASON Party Leader and Victorian Upper House MP Fiona Patten. “I congratulate Daniel Andrews for his about-face and for seeing REASON in evidence-based policy by adopting my Private Members Bill, put before Victoria’s Legislative Council…
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Pro-lifers draw inspiration from Bob Brown in defence of abortion clinic charges

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By Tammy MillsPhoto by Penny Stephens Supporters of a Melbourne mother of 13 who was the first person in Victoria convicted of breaching abortion clinic “buffer zone” laws are drawing inspiration from an unlikely source. Pro-life groups say they could make a similar argument to former Greens leader Bob Brown to overthrow new safe access zone…
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Victoria’s assisted dying advocates predict tight vote in upper house

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Proponents fear bill will not pass Legislative Council without amendments – which would send it back to lower house Supporters of Victoria’s voluntary euthanasia legislation say the vote in the upper house will be tight, with a number of MPs yet to declare their vote. The voluntary assisted dying bill 2017 passed the lower house 47 votes to…
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Fiona Patten stands with MGC

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Leader of Reason Australia and Victorian MP Fiona Patten stands with Melbourne Girls College and their sensible decision to counsel, educate and rehabilitate the two students found to be selling cannabis on schools grounds. A knee-jerk reaction to expel the students would have inflicted more harm than good. At the tentative ages of 12 and…
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Fiona Patten learns the art of the possible in euthanasia lawmaking

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Fiona Patten declares herself gratified to have played a significant role in Victoria’s path towards becoming the first Australian state to allow euthanasia, even though the proposed legislation falls far short of her original permissive ambitions. She believes that should Victoria support the legislation tabled this week, all the other states and territories will follow…
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The Rise of Black Market Tobacco

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The recent discovery of a $12 million crop of illegal tobacco in bushland just south of Canberra, has law enforcement extremely worried. And so it should. Anyone who knows anything about black markets knows that where there’s smoke there’s generally a raging bushfire not far away. KPMG’s Illicit Tobacco in Australia 2016 report showed that…
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Evidence and Experts Clear on Injecting Centre Trial

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Victorian MP Fiona Patten has welcomed the findings of the Parliamentary inquiry into the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) Bill. The Bill proposes an 18 month trial of a medically supervised injecting centre (MSIC) in North Richmond, where last year, 34 people died and hundreds overdosed requiring medical intervention. “The Inquiry heard evidence that overwhelmingly…
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Jail for ‘Nimbin Seven’ has Aus following Philippines’ footsteps   

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Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Victorian MP Fiona Patten has condemned the jail sentences handed down to seven Nimbin locals last week for growing and selling cannabis as a pointless, life shattering waste of resources when other jurisdictions are basking in the success of tax-and-regulate models. Speaking from Denver, Colorado, Ms Patten pointed…
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Strong sensible path for dignity in death

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Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Victorian MP Fiona Patten has applauded the clear path forward recommended by the Ministerial Advisory Panel helping shape Victoria’s Dying with Dignity legislation.   “Starting with the Inquiry into End of Life Choices I initiated recommending dying with dignity laws, this is the most comprehensive process ever undertaken…
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Time to end unfair privilege with religion at tipping point    

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Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Victorian MP Fiona Patten has today called on all Australian governments to end the privileged position of religion after today’s census data release showing ‘no religion’ as the top answer to the religious belief question. “It’s time to take religion out of politics. It’s time to end the…
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Halve passenger levy and sunset it: amendments I’ll introduce

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Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Victorian MP Fiona Patten will introduce amendments to the proposed Commercial Passenger Vehicle Levy this week after departmental evidence showed the Victorian government is drastically underestimating rides to justify a $2 levy. “Government calculations are based on 28.8 million taxi trips and enforcement costs of nearly 23%. Well…
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Uber levy could be slashed to $1

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A PROPOSED $2 levy on every taxi and Uber trip in Victoria could be slashed to $1 in an eleventh hour bid to pass new laws. The levy, which will be slapped on passenger trips from next year, is part of the Andrews Government’s $494 million plan to compensate taxi licence holders when they legalise…
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F**k terrorists. F**k instead.

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While everyone else is talking about terrorism… and talking about terrorism… this is a quick public service announcement to remind you all: Don’t get alarmed. Don’t be afraid. Don’t give a f**k. Instead of worrying, do something fun. Make out by the river. It gives ASIO something good to look at. Run that marathon (actually,…
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Fiona’s Farewell to Anthony Foster

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I would like to add my voice to the thousands of people expressing sorrow for the death  and praise for the life of child protection advocate, Anthony Foster. History will show that both he and his wife, Chrissie, made one of the most outstanding contributions to child protection in Australia under probably the most difficult…
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Tackling disadvantage; the key to addressing family violence

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The statistics regarding family violence are simply staggering. “The Lookout” – a forum for Victorian family violence workers and other professionals – notes there were 76,529 ‘family incidents’ recorded by Victorian Police for the year ending March 2016. That was a 10% rise on the previous year – and those are only the cases police…
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Fiona’s Radio Interviews

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3AW radio has recently given Fiona the opportunity to discuss local issues a couple of times now on a Tuesday morning at 10am in Melbourne. April the 4th, Fiona spoke to Neil Mitchell about the issues of violence against women, organ donation and emergency housing. Tuesday 18th April, with Tony Jones (as Neil Mitchell was away)…
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The Inquiry into isolation and lockdowns

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Two-thirds of children and young people in detention are victims of violence, abuse or neglect. Almost a third have mental health concerns. These children have been subjected to lockdowns, sometimes for more than 24hrs. The Inquiry into isolation and lockdowns by the Commission for Children and Young People heard stories of children having to relieve…
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Fiona Patten brings new scrutiny to Public Accounts and Estimates Committee

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News Alert – Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Victorian MP Fiona Patten today said she is looking forward to improving scrutiny of government spending in her new role as a member of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee. PAEC is a joint investigatory committee of the Victorian Parliament with a function similar to…
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Australian law enforcement experts agree: decriminalise and regulate drugs

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Media Release 20 March 2017 Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Victorian MP Fiona Patten welcomes the view of senior police, prison, parole administrators, judges, prosecutors and drug law researchers that Australia should progress “incrementally towards decriminalisation of drug use and regulation and, where possible, taxation of psychoactive drug supply.” “It’s time Australia listened…
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State Opposition proposes farmer veto in fracking backflip

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NEW laws banning fracking and extending the moratorium on conventional gas have passed Victorian Parliament after controversial amendments by the Opposition were voted down. The Opposition tried to amend an anti-fracking bill to allow for conventional gas exploration to occur before 2020, if the state needed it. Under the controversial plan, farmers would have the…
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Fast-track focus for medicinal cannabis is off target: embrace local industry instead

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Media Release – Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Northern Metropolitan MP Fiona Patten has today questioned why the Victorian government is fast-tracking imports of medicinal cannabis at the same time Victorian compassionate suppliers are targeted for prosecution. “The hypocrisy is astounding. The government says ‘every day without this life changing medicine is one…
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Fiona Patten MP: Let 16 Year Olds Vote and Take the Plebiscite Online – If We Have To

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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 Parliament’s Electoral Matters Committee investigating electronic voting and says that with modern technology and current leaps forward in cyber security it’s possible right now.
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Uber regulation: Victorian Government strikes deal with Sex Party over ride-sharing legislation

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Key points: • The Sex Party says it would like to see a framework developed by August • Uber accessibility needs to be properly considered, disability groups say • The State Government says it can not confirm when legislation will be ready Ride-booking service Uber is a step closer to being regulated in Victoria after a deal was struck between the State Government and the Sex Party.
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Watch Fiona Patten discuss ‘End of Life Choices Inquiry’ on ABC ‘The Drum’

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Thank you to ABC The Drum for having me on the program this evening to discuss the ‘End of Life Choices Inquiry’, which I initiated in 2015.It was an privilege to be able to discuss the findings of the report with the panel, which was developed through extensive consultation, travel, and research over the course of a year.
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Fiona Patten’s ‘End of Life Choices Inquiry’ Delivers Report Today

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Just over a year ago, I stood in the parliament of Victoria and initiated the End of Life Choices Inquiry. Today, the inquiry findings have been released and the conclusion is clear – Victorians want the right to end intolerable suffering if they choose to. It is the individuals choice as to the manner and nature of their death. It’s your life – it should be your choice.
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Politician Fiona Patten slams police for drugs testing at Nimbin Mardi Grass

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A VICTORIAN politician has slammed police for drug testing motorists at the weekend’s Mardi Grass rally in Nimbin, claiming it encouraged people to drink instead.Sex Party MP Fiona Patten also criticised NSW police minister Troy Grant for allowing the town to become “a police state” over the three days of the rally.
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Fiona Patten Victorian Government Budget Response

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Member for Northern Metropolitan and Leader of the Australian Sex Party has congratulated Treasurer Tim Pallas on the handing down of the Victorian State Budget 2016/17 praising the record spend on infrastructure particularly in Melbourne’s north. But whilst key infrastructure investments are crucial for the state, she also believes there have been some missed opportunities.
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Fiona Patten visits Californian law makers in Sacramento

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Foreign dignitaries visit the California Capitol fairly often, but few come with party affiliations quite as eye-catching as Fiona Patten’s.A member of the Parliament of Victoria, in Australia, Patten is the leader of the newly formed Australian Sex Party, winning election to the regional lawmaking body in 2014. She is in Sacramento this week to learn more about how California enacted policies of interest to her, like offering medical marijuana and allowing terminally ill patients to take their own lives.
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In conversation with Fiona Patten MLC

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Having lobbied both State and Federal Parliaments for over two decades, Fiona Patten co-founded the Australian Sex Party. While unsuccessful in winning a Senate seat on two occasions, everything changed in December of 2014. It was Fiona’s second Victorian State election campaign and persistence paid off, seeing Fiona elected to the Legislative Council as the Member for Northern Metropolitan Region.
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Woman of the Year

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The annual award, previously won by Rosie Batty, the ADFA cadet known as ‘Kate’ and Julia Gillard, recognises the women who make Australia a better and fairer place for other women.
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Patten Calls For Action on PrEP

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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is the use of antiretroviral drugs emtricitabine and tenofovirdisoproxil fumarate (Truvada), taken by HIV negative people, to prevent HIV infection. The drug Truvada has been available for PrEP in the United States since 2012, however in Australia it is currently only available for treatment of HIV-positive individuals, not prevention for those who are negative and at risk.
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