Fiona Patten to support same-sex adoption laws
Oct 6, 2015
Under the government's new laws, faith-based groups will not be granted exemptions to refuse services to same-sex couples seeking to adopt on the grounds of their sexuality.
The Sex Party's Fiona Patten supports the bill, which will give the government 20 votes in the upper house.
"As the aunty...
Abortion Protest Buffer Zones To Get Green Light
Sep 22, 2015
Sex Party MP Fiona Patten wants to create buffer zones around abortion clinics to protect women from protesters.
Protesters who harass women visiting abortion and fertility clinics will be banned from outside the centres, with the Labor government set to give in-principle support a Sex Party plan...
Victorian MP for Northern Metropolitan and Leader of the Australian Sex Party has called on the Andrews Labor Government to adopt her changes to the Crimes Amendment (Child Pornography and Other Matters) Bill due for debate in the state’s Upper House this week. Ms Patten is putting forward a...
The recent introduction of an abortion-related private member's bill in the Victorian Parliament brought forth some interesting strategies and alliances. At the same time, it demonstrated the changing nature of gender politics.
The bill was introduced into the Victorian Parliament by Sex Party...
Protesters will be banned from harassing women on the steps of Victorian abortion clinics before the end of the year.
The Victorian government has agreed to a deal with Sex party MP Fiona Patten to put protest exclusion zones outside fertility clinics.
Patten’s original private...
Member for Northern Metropolitan and leader of the Australian Sex Party, Fiona Patten MLC, has today welcomed the establishment of a $200 million Agriculture Infrastructure and Jobs Fund for Regional Victoria saying “it’s only right that country areas should benefit from the Port of Melbourne...
After 29 years, Melbourne's nudists will be banned from the last metropolitan nude beach.
Nude bathing will be banned at Campbells Cove in the city's west from September 1, after Wyndham City Council said it was too close to the growing suburb of Point Cook, Planning Minister Richard Wynne...
Melbourne should become an international fashion capital rivalling Paris and Milan and a new Victorian ministry for fashion should be created in the state government, according to a new MP.
And she is going to back up the talk with action – modelling Melbourne and Victoria's best fashions in...
Upper house member Fiona Patten says police are fed up with being continually called to disputes and cites exclusion zones set up around clinics in Tasmania.
Following meetings with senior Victorian politicians and police, Australian Sex Party leader, Fiona Patten, will consider introducing a...
In a show of multi-partisan support, the Victorian government has launched its first Parliamentary Friendship Group with members from across all major parties joining forces to champion LGBTI issues.
The Parliamentary Friendship Group will operate along similar lines to its NSW...