‘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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The Victorian state crossbench MP Fiona Patten says she will re-evaluate her relationship with the Andrews government after federal Labor placed Derryn Hinch's Justice party and the Liberal Democrats above her party on Senate how-to-vote cards.

Labor's how-to-vote card for the Senate in Victoria instructs supporters to place the Greens second on their ballot paper, followed by Derryn Hinch's Justice party, the Liberal Democrats, the Animal Justice party and the Reason party, of which Patten is leader.

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