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Religious right roadmap to Liberal Party control revealed as internal ructions over church groups increase

A roadmap outlining how the religious right can "infiltrate" the Liberal Party with "Good Godly" candidates has been linked to a controversial former Liberal candidate and current member of the party's state assembly in Victoria.

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Legalise Marijuana Party withdraws Victorian election application as others take up the cause

Party’s application for registration ahead of November poll was objected to by Legalise Cannabis Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Victorian MP Fiona Patten diagnosed with kidney cancer, expected to make a 'quick and full' recovery

Reason Party Leader and upper house MP Fiona Patten has been diagnosed with cancer and will undergo surgery in coming weeks. Ms Patten says her prognosis is good and she plans to continue campaigning for the upcoming state election.

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Vic MP Fiona Patten diagnosed with cancer

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten will have surgery to remove one of her kidneys, but her prognosis is "good" and she is expected to make a full recovery.

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Victorian upper house MP Fiona Patten reveals kidney cancer diagnosis

Reason party leader says she still plans to fight November state election after undergoing surgery next month

The Guardian - AU

Australians will want referendum on the monarchy, says Australian MP

AN Australian MP has said she believes her country will eventually become a republic following King Charles’s ascension to the throne.

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From sex activist to progressive trailblazer: Fiona Patten’s remarkable rise to influence

The new wave of teal independents seeking to impact politics could learn a lot from Victoria’s ‘hardest working MP’

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Victorian government fails to respond to cannabis and homelessness inquiries before deadlines

Under parliamentary rules, government had six months to respond to recommendations

The Guardian - AU

Inquiry into far-right extremism in Victoria makes 12 recommendations to counter spread

The inquiry found a diminished trust in government and mainstream media led to increased recruitment to far-right causes.

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Far right’s access to guns a ‘significant concern’ and national register needed, Victorian inquiry warns

Report also says remote learning during pandemic increased children’s exposure to extremist ideologies online

The Guardian - AU

A Bill To Expand Abortion Access In Victorian Public Hospitals Has Been Officially Voted Down

The bill was introduced by Reason Party leader Fiona Patten.

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Victorian Labor government votes against bill to widen access to abortion

The bill aimed to prevent publicly funded hospitals from refusing to perform abortions across the state

The Guardian - AU

Victoria will not expand abortion services

Abortion services and access to assisted dying will not be expanded in Victoria's state-funded hospitals, after a crossbencher forced a vote on the matter.

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Crossbench MP prepares to wedge Victorian government on abortion access bill

Vote on bill to guarantee access to abortions at publicly funded hospitals could happen Wednesday

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As Victoria's incarceration rate rises, children of jailed parents are 'invisible victims', report says

Thousands of Victorian children whose parents have been imprisoned face development issues and trauma and can be caught up in intergenerational patterns of incarceration, a report from a parliamentary committee has found.

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Voluntary assisted dying's 'prohibitive' communication laws face GP legal challenge

A Melbourne doctor is taking legal action against the Attorney-General over laws that prevent GPs from communicating via phone, text message, email or telehealth services with terminally ill patients about voluntary assisted dying.

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Victorian crossbench MP launches bid to compel religious hospitals to provide abortions

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten will introduce a bill into state parliament this week that would remove the right of hospitals that receive any taxpayer funding to refuse to offer reproductive health services and voluntary assisted dying due to "corporate conscientious objection".

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Vic push to curb hospital abortion refusal

Victorian crossbench MP Fiona Patten has unveiled a bill to remove public denominational hospitals' right to refuse abortion and assisted-dying services.

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The Guardian - AU

Victorian public hospitals could not prevent doctors from providing abortions under new bill

Reason party leader Fiona Patten, who is introducing the bill, says ‘imposed religious faith has no place in the public health system’

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Australian MP warns introduction of abortion protest buffer zones won’t be easy

AN Australian MP who introduced abortion clinic buffer zone legislation in her state has welcomed plans to further protect patients in Scotland, but…

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The companies profiting from prison labour authorities don’t want you to know about

Major companies like Qantas and Bunnings Warehouse have been involved in employing prison inmates for less than workers typically make outside.

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Sex workers in Victoria celebrate industry reform, but say more needs to be done in regional areas

The suite of reforms includes removing penalties for people participating in street-based work, and repealing a register that contains details of independent workers.

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Vic decriminalises street-based sex work

Street-based sex work is now legal in Victoria, as part of new laws that have come into effect to make the industry safer.

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Rod's been using heroin for 38 years. This is what he wants you to know about drug addiction

Rod nearly died when he overdosed in a train station bathroom. He says the criminalisation of illegal drugs is pushing drug users into the shadows and endangering lives.

The Guardian - AU

‘I am taking this personally’: Victorian crossbencher Fiona Patten bemused by federal Labor preference deal

Reason party leader to reconsider her support for state government after being put below Derryn Hinch’s Justice party on how-to-vote cards

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