Have a listen to Tom Ballard's latest podcast with Fiona Patten where they talk sex, drugs, euthanasia and even manage to plug the new Safe Access Zones bill.
Fiona Patten is a former lobbyist for the sex industry, she’s the founder and leader of the Australian Sex Party and she was elected...
In conversation with Fiona Patten MLC
Jan 4, 2016
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...
In a bid to get the reality of drugs out in the open the Victorian Sex Party has launched an unprecedented motion to probe the issue in Parliament.
It’s no secret MP Fiona Patten has a bohemian approach to drug use but she says helping Victorians smoke joints free from police retaliation, is...
Fiona’s Progress as a Victorian Crossbench MP
Dec 13, 2015
For The Sex Party's Fiona Patten, it's been a particularly productive 12 months. The former adult industry lobbyist was a driving force behind the government's bill for safe access zones around abortion clinics to stop women being harassed by protesters. She also helped initiate a parliamentary...
Woman of the Year
Dec 7, 2015
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.
The shortlist does not just comprise high profile faces. It includes activists, scientists, journalists, business...
SNIFFER dogs should not be deployed at a Melbourne music festival this weekend, according to an Upper House MP.
Sex Party member Fiona Patten has called on Premier Daniel Andrews and Police minister Wade Noonan to call off the canines at the Stereosonic Music Festival at the Melbourne Show...
Support for same-sex marriage is set to be tested in the Victorian Parliament, with both houses to vote on the issue.
The Sex Party will move a motion in the upper house early next year calling on the federal government to change marriage laws to "better reflect equality".
Sex Party MP Fiona...
Patten Calls For Action on PrEP
Dec 1, 2015
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...
A law banning protesters within 150 metres of abortion clinics has passed in Victoria after the upper house voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Safe Access Zones bill, reported AAP.
The bill was first introduced by Sex Party MP Fiona Patten before being co-opted by the government.
The...
Forty organisations have banded together to show support for Victoria’s existing abortion laws and reject DLP MP Rachel Carling-Jenkins bill that would wind back women’s rights to safe, legal abortions.
Health, women’s, legal, youth and community groups, unions and political parties have...