By David Adams
Cover 📷: James Ross / AAP Images
Greens leader Richard Di Natale has slammed the Victorian and New South Wales state governments over their refusal to permit pill testing trials at festivals, saying “wilful ignorance” around the harm reduction...
3AW mornings with Tony Jones 15/1/19 – audio
Jan 15, 2019
Reason leader Fiona Patten speaks with Tony Jones on Australia Day citizenship ceremonies, robo-calls and pill testing.
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Tom and Warren JOY 94.9 10/1/19 – audio
Jan 10, 2019
It was a close call for the leader of the Reason Party in the 2018 Victorian state election, winning her seat for the Northern Metropolitan Region back only once the pre-poll votes were counted. Thankfully, Fiona Patten is back in the Legislative Council for four more years, and returns as...
By Broede Carmody
Cover 📷: James Alcock
The refusal to adopt nationwide pill-testing trials is "needlessly endangering lives", according to the peak body for Australian music festivals.
The Australian Festival Association – which represents major events including Splendour...
“It doesn’t work” – Fiona talks about the proposed child sex offenders register – 774 ABC (audio)
Jan 9, 2019
ABC 774 Drive program, hosted by Warwick long, aired...
By Chloe Booker
A man is fighting for his life after a drug overdose at a Melbourne music festival as calls for pill testing intensify.
The man is one of two revellers who have been rushed to hospital from the Beyond The Valley festival at Lardner south-east of Melbourne.
The man,...
Leader of the Reason Party Fiona Patten says continuing to say ‘no’ to pill testing is “immoral”.
It comes after Falls Festival revellers received an urgent text message following a death at a music festival in New South Wales.
“To hear the NSW Premier say that she was devastated...
Reason leader Fiona Patten talks to Prue Bentley about her plan to legalise and regulate...
Reason leader Fiona Patten talks to Justin Smith about her plan to introduce a bill to legalise cannabis on the first sitting day of...
Call to lift standards in Vic parliament
Dec 20, 2018
By Kaitlyn Offer
Victoria's politicians need to lift their game and behave better, the re-elected speaker has urged as parliament resumes.
After claiming a thumping 55-seat win at the November 24 poll, Labor has not just a clear lower house majority, but its MPs...