3CR – Why spent convictions are such a good idea – audio

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Following our chat with Fiona Patten earlier this year about her bill proposing a spent convictions scheme for Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council’s Legal and Social Issues Committee has commenced a public inquiry into a legislated spent convictions scheme for Victoria. We take another look at spent convictions and why they’re such a good idea.

https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/we-support-spent-convictions-scheme

Guest:

Kamna Muddagouni, Senior Lawyer, Equality Law Program, Victoria Legal Aid

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Fiona Patten is the founder and leader of the Reason Party and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan region. She came to politics after 20 years of lobbying for the rights of organisations involved in the sexual rights movement – including small businesses, sex workers, HIV/AIDS organisations, adult media and online anti-censorship groups. Before that she was an established independent fashion designer with her own label called Body Politics.

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