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Greens call on SA Parliament to #raisetheage ahead of Black Lives Matter protest
April 15, 2021
The Black Lives Matter movement in Australia has renewed calls to end black deaths in custody and address racial inequality. One step our state can take to address these issues is to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years old to 14...
Read MoreGreens call on Libs to embrace 'green steel'
April 12, 2021
Premier Marshall should push for Federal Government funding to encourage green steel production in Whyalla, say the SA Greens. “Today’s report from the Centre for Energy Technology at the University of Adelaide (as reported in today’s Advertiser) confirms what the Greens have been arguing for a...
Read MoreJoint Parliamentary Committee recommends the registration of Social Workers
March 17, 2021
Today Tammy Franks asked the Parliament to note a report of the Joint Committee into the Registration of Social Workers Bill, the key recommendation of which is for South Australia to implement this nation-leading legislation. In 2018 Tammy Franks introduced a Bill for the...
Read MoreGreens call for stronger laws against wage theft
February 05, 2021
The community was shocked by recent footage of a young woman working at Funtea being hit and kicked after she accused her former boss of wage theft and stood up for her rights as a worker. The Greens have previously raised the issue of...
Read MoreGreens Bill to ban duck hunting in SA
February 05, 2021
Despite ongoing community opposition and outcry, the 2021 duck hunting season has been declared and will commence on the 20th of March. Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Tammy Franks MLC has this week given notice of a Bill to ban duck hunting in South Australia....
Read MoreSex Work offences subject of new inquiry
February 03, 2021
Greens legislation to repeal all sex work offences in South Australia has been referred to a Select Committee during a vote in the Legislative Council today. The motion was moved by Tammy Franks MLC, and received the support of the Government. Quotes attributable to...
Read MoreSolidarity with Flinders University student sit-in to save the Drama Centre
December 17, 2020
Flinders University students are currently staging a sit-in as they continue to fight to save the Flinders Drama Centre. The sit-in will continue until university executives cease all restructuring plans and agree to meet with students for meaningful consultation. The review of and subsequent...
Read MoreGreens call for extended Covid-19 hotline hours
November 17, 2020
In Parliament today, the Greens called for better access to COVID-19 information, in particular for people wanting to access the SA COVID-19 Information Line and the SA COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line. Both of these hotlines operate within very limited hours. The Victorian, Queensland,...
Read MoreSafe Access Zones pass in SA Parliament
November 11, 2020
The Legislative Council has tonight passed legislation to establish safe access zones in South Australia around premises that provide abortion services. This legislation was introduced by Greens MLC Tammy Franks in the upper house, and was co-sponsored and passed in the lower house by...
Read MoreGreens slam TAFE cuts to care courses
October 22, 2020
TAFE SA will be cutting subsidised childcare, aged care, and disability courses from metro campuses starting next year. This will force students to study with private providers. TAFE SA chief executive David Coltman advised staff last week that 20 courses would be scrapped from...
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