Going Bush for Bud: Regional Victoria Could Deliver Cannabis Senate Win
Cannabis use in regional Victoria is outpacing the cities—and that groundswell of supportcould help the Legalise Cannabis Party secure its first-ever Senate seat.This weekend, the Legalise Cannabis Party and Lead Senate Candidate, FionaPatten will be visiting Wodonga, Wangaratta and Shepparton —regional hubs thathave demonstrated strong support for the Legalise Cannabis Party. Patten brings significant political…
Not-for-profits should get active before the federal election, urges political trailblazer
By Matthew Schulz, journalist, Institute of Community Directors Australia Veteran politician Fiona Patten knows what it takes to win in politics, having achieved a string of progressive social reforms as a former Victorian MLC and leader of the Australian Sex Party, later renamed Reason Australia. Read the full article here.
The True Costs of Cannabis
Well, I’m back on home turf in Victoria after a two-week fact-finding jaunt in New York, and I’m high with optimism (it can’t still be those brownies??). Fun fact; Australia legalised cannabis for medical use nine months before the state of New York back in 2016. New York then legalised cannabis for recreational adult use…
A Snapshot: Prohibition
Did you know cannabis was made illegal in Australia in 1926, even though cannabis wasn’t considered a problem in Australia at the time? Like a lot of newbie nations under British rule, we jumped on board and signed treaties willy nilly, hoping to look compliant and make the big players proud. Enter the 1925 Geneva…
Fact-Finding Mission in New York
Legalise Cannabis Senate candidate for Victoria Fiona Patten is in the United States on a week long fact-finding mission to investigate cannabis legalisation in the state of New York. New York legalised the medicinal use of cannabis in 2016, following with ending the prohibition for recreational use in 2020. The ongoing tour has highlighted interesting…
Unfinished Business
If you told me at the start of 2024 that within 12-months I would be back and once again gearing up for another election campaign, I would have laughed. My 2022 bid for a third term in the Victorian upper house was unsuccessful, Reason Party was on the backburner, I had just had surgery for…
Legalise Cannabis Party calls out Meta’s hypocrisy on free speech
Legalise Cannabis Australia senate candidates have accused Meta of hypocrisy for the continuous censorship of their party on its platforms. Meta routinely shadow bans the Legalise Cannabis Party’s, posts and pages, drastically reducing the visibility and reach of the party and its candidates’ political free speech. Victorian Senate candidate Fiona Patten said she was outraged…