BY BENITA KOLOVOS | Fiona Patten isn’t used to not getting her way. It’s been two weeks since the Victorian government voted down her bill to cut funding to religious public hospitals that refuse to offer abortion and euthanasia and it’s clear she’s not over it.
“If I’m honest, it’s probably been one of the more disappointing campaigns that we’ve run,” she says, “but I don’t think it was all our fault.”
The founder of Victoria’s Reason party, formerly the Australian Sex Party, blames a recent cabinet reshuffle for her failure to secure a deal. She also blames the timing. “It’s too close to the end of the term … Labor like to play it safe before an election. We’re not going to stop pursuing it though.”
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