In this fourth episode of the Spring Series 2020, I’m joined once more by Fiona Patten MLC, leader of the Reason Party in the Victorian Parliament.
We talk about many things including the politicisation of the Quarantimes in Victoria, how to handle a tsunami of email, honey, her certificate of appreciation from the supposed Satanic Network Victoria, religious discrimination, sex work, and of course Donald Trump.
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Fiona Patten was previously on Public House Forum 4 in 2016 and her own Probe episode in February 2020.
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Fiona Patten is a Member for Northern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Parliament’s Legislative Council. Leader of the Reason Party, Fiona was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.
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Fiona Heather Patten (born 6 May 1964) is an Australian politician. She is the leader of the Reason Party and has a seat in the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Northern Metropolitan Region.
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Demonstrators sing a John Farnham song at Chadstone shopping centre.
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More than a dozen people briefly gathered at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne to rail against Melbourne’s stringent stage four lockdown. The protesters, some of whom were not wearing masks, sung the rock anthem in unison before being dispersed by police.
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Tunnels beneath Melbourne and Sydney are being used to hide children being trafficked, according to a conspiracy theory circulating via social media. Victoria Kolankiewicz explains why the idea appeals to conspiracists, but is daft.
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The misunderstandings of these spaces reveal a more glaring oversight: of wartime histories, transportation follies, essential services and the unique geologies and climates that require drainage infrastructure. These tunnels are hidden by necessity. But they are close enough to the surface to be easily accessible, preventing their use for any large-scale conspiracy.
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Tuesday! Essential polling! As is my habit I will now tweet some highlights. Remember, this polling was done Wed–Sun so it doesn’t cover the more very recentest news of all. Here we go...
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Melbourne is now ahead of schedule to have some restrictions eased on September 28 with the 14-day case average lower than 30.
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'He is smashing livelihoods': Daniel Andrews urged to end lockdown NOW after state records just 11 new cases of COVID-19 - as Victoria faces losing 400,000 jobs by Christmas
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The Victorian Government is "looking at" easing more restrictions on September 28 than initially planned, but Premier Daniel Andrews says any changes to the roadmap will depend on modelling data.
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Five households in Casey are linked to 34 active cases, with the group believed to have sparked the cluster by breaching lockdown rules to visit each other’s homes.
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Predicted to work. Did work. Victoria’s response to a resurgence of COVID-19 averted 9,000-37,000 cases
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The resurgence of COVID-19 in Victoria led to multiple control measures being introduced in early July; however, the ongoing high number of daily cases has led to concern about the impact of the measures on COVID-19 transmission. We analysed daily diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Victoria, examining the effectiveness of control measures to date. We estimate that control measures have reduced the reproduction ratio from 1.75 to 1.16 and averted 9,000–37,000 infections between 2 and 30 July. Despite this reduction, there remains significant ongoing growth, with an estimated further 14% reduction in transmission required to control the epidemic.
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Important finding: sorting your email is pointless. Putting email in folders wastes an an average of 67 hours of your life a year. People who use folders take MORE time to find stuff compared to searching & are no more accurate in finding what they want.
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People who create complex folders indeed rely on these for retrieval, but these preparatory behaviors are inefficient and do not improve retrieval success. In contrast, both search and threading promote more effective finding. We present design implications: current zearch-based clients ignore scrolling, the most prevalent refinding behavior, and threading approaches need to be extended.
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This arrived in the mail this morning no return address to thank them #straighttothepoolroom
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Indeed. Looks like something put together by a fanatical Christian based on their bigoted assumptions of what Satanism is about.
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Leader of the Reason Party and member for Northern Metropolitan Region, Fiona Patten MP, presented two bills to the Victorian Parliament. Both Bills aim to deal with religious privilege and uphold secular values.
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Victorian Reason party leader Fiona Patten also voiced her support, saying it was "high time" an alternative was found.
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Does anyone know the meaning behind the name of this lane way in Carlton 'Boneshaker Pl' @cityofmelbourne?
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A “boneshaker” is an old type of bicycle, and the time period is right. https://greensdictofslang.com/search/basic?q=boneshaker. But it can also be anything that provides a rough ride. Is the location somewhere where there might have been sex workers? Or maybe it was just bad cobblestones.
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Hi Leanne, Stilgherrian is correct, this was named after the "Boneshaker" bicycle built by W C Kernot, a prominent citizen of Carlton.
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Gropecunt Lane /??ro?pk?nt ?le?n/ was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it.
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Tickle Cock Bridge is a pedestrian underpass in Castleford, England, under a railway line originally built by the York and North Midland Railway between York and Normanton.
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Hello! A ‘boneshaker’ was an early type of bicycle, which isn’t nearly as much fun as you were hoping for!
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Fiona Patten MP, is leading this targeted review aimed at achieving better public health and human rights outcomes.
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[Not directly related to the issues discussed in the podcast but interesting nonetheless.] Certain publications are … being imported into Australia, which have no literary or intellectual value and are obviously published in order to cater for those seeking to satisfy depraved tastes for morbidity, sadism, sensuality, etc. These books are usually printed in luridly attractive covers … [and] are retailed at prices ranging as low as 3d. or 4d. a copy. – Acting Customs Minister John Perkins, 11 May 1938
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Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in Durness in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The cave name is thought to originate from the Norse 'smjugg' or 'smuga', meaning a hole or hiding-place.
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Trump began his latest superspreader rally by murdering irony
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- Elephant Stamp theme by Joshua Mehlman.