# Fiona Patten

Episode podcast teratas
Diperbarui:

Whatever happened to the Australian Sex Party?

Before Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten co-founded the Australian Sex Party in 2009, they worked the halls of parliament, lobbying against the 1990s censorship of X-rated films in Australia. They pulled stunts, courted scandal and confronted political wowserism in their crusade for Australian erotica. …

Whatever happened to the Australian Sex Party? Plus, the drawings that rewrite Aboriginal art history

A new tell-all book recounts the colourful escapades of adult industry lobbyists Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten, in the lead up to the formation of the Australian Sex Party. Plus, a new book celebrates the rediscovery of some 800 beautiful crayon drawings, made by Indigenous stockmen on Birrundudu St…

Dealing With Drugs: Episode 6

In the latest Dealing With Drugs, Fiona Patten talks about founding the Australian Sex Party – election slogan: “You come first!” – and the work she’s done around drug policy reform, assisted dying and abortion clinic exclusion zones; we meet Jason Kew, the former senior British policeman who’s now…

Sat, 8th August, 2026: Fiona Patten, Former Victorian MP; Incoming CEO, Medical Cannabis Council

Macca and Kenny are joined by Fiona Patten — Former Victorian MP &a Incoming CEO, Medical Cannabis Council and Robbie Swanks live in the studio Before she was a Victorian MP, Fiona Patten spent years campaigning on some of the issues politicians were often most uncomfortable talking about — sex, c…

Sat, 8th August, 2026: Fiona Patten, Former Victorian MP; Incoming CEO, Medical Cannabis Council

Macca and Kenny are joined by Fiona Patten — Former Victorian MP & Incoming CEO, Medical Cannabis Council and Robbie Swanks live in the studio Before she was a Victorian MP, Fiona Patten spent years campaigning on some of the issues politicians were often most uncomfortable talking about — sex…

Fiona Pattern: A Side

On the A Side today Rachel is joined by Fiona Pattern. Fiona Patten is one of Victoria’s most influential social reformers and former Member of Parliament. As founder and leader of the Sex Party - then rebranding to Reason Party - she built a reputation for working across party lines to achieve sig…

'It's a reality': NBL players call for league to allow in-season cannabis use

Medicinal Cannabis Council Australia chief executive Fiona Patten joined Tom Elliott to discuss calls from NBL players to allow the use of cannabis without sanction from the league during the season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sat, 3rd, Oct, 2026: Fiona Patten, CEO of the Medicinal Cannabis Council Australia (MCCA) & former Vic MP; Australia’s First Medicinal Cannabis Qualification, Domestic Production vs. Imports, Healthcare Education, & Drug Driving Reform

Ten years after medicinal cannabis was legalised in Australia, the domestic market has soared past a billion dollars. Yet, a surprising amount of the medicine prescribed to Australian patients is grown overseas, imported under different regulatory standards. Joining us today on Saturday Magazine is…

Sat, 3rd, Oct, 2026: Fiona Patten, CEO of the Medicinal Cannabis Council Australia (MCCA) & former Vic MP; Australia’s First Medicinal Cannabis Qualification, Domestic Production vs. Imports, Healthcare Education, & Drug Driving Reform

Ten years after medicinal cannabis was legalised in Australia, the domestic market has soared past a billion dollars. Yet, a surprising amount of the medicine prescribed to Australian patients is grown overseas, imported under different regulatory standards. Joining us today on Saturday Magazine is…

Sexual transparency and your job

What do you do when your sex life might interfere with your job? When is it fair and when is it completely unjustified. We'll hear from a caller who is part of a swingers club with co-workers in the bank he works in, and a gay teacher who was treated incredibly unfairly. Joining us on the podcast i…