Columns » Fiona Patten MP
So much for integrity
In recent days, the Andrews Government teamed up with the Opposition to continue to deny reproductive rights to women.
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Vaping’s a searing health debate
But what does vaping have to do with abortion clinic safety zones, the regulation of cannabis and other drugs, voluntary assisted dying, homelessness, and the frequently fabulous functioning of parliamentary committees comprised of ostensible opponents?
Read MoreAustralian politics is truly at a tipping point
And Victorian politics over the past several years provides an indication of where things can go from here. There’s profound cause for optimism and even excitement.
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Hello. It is said a week can be a long time in politics. Well, it’s been a month since my first regular column in Hyperlocal’s fleet of newspapers. A long month. An important month. A month that showed politics at its best. And at its worst.
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