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GREENS MOVE FOR A LIFESAVING CUSTODY NOTIFICATION SERVICE - CALL OUT ALP FOR INACTION
June 17, 2020
Today the Greens have introduced legislation that would establish a strong and enforceable Custody Notification Service (CNS) administered by the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) in South Australia. A CNS is a 24-hour service that provides life-saving legal advice and welfare checks and support...
Read MoreRelease footage of 4-year-old girl's treatment by Port Augusta Big W Staff
June 10, 2020
Family complaints that a four year old Aboriginal girl was racially profiled, as she was grabbed by a staff member by the back of her new Cotton On hoodie last week on leaving a local Big W store, have been dismissed by Police without...
Read MoreGreens push for phone service proven to reduce Aboriginal deaths in custody
June 05, 2020
Ahead of Saturday’s solidarity rally for Black Lives Matter and protesting Aboriginal deaths in custody, Tammy Franks Greens MLC today flagged a Greens’ push for a Custody Notification Service (CNS). The CNS is a 24-hour phone line service that provides legal advice and support...
Read MoreTreasurer puts COVID-19 Frontline Workers' Job security at peril in Enterprise Bargaining
May 14, 2020
Under pressure from The Greens (as well as Labor and SA Best) in Parliament, Treasurer Rob Lucas refused to rule out removing current job security conditions of pandemic frontline workers in their current enterprise agreement negotiations. For the past months the United Workers Union...
Read MoreUpper House to vote today on Greens Bill to provide Covid Cover to frontline workers
May 13, 2020
Greens MLC Tammy Franks will today be bringing to a vote legislation that provides workers compensation to frontline workers affected by COVID-19. This is part of a move across the country by Greens MPs to ensure that those who are on the frontlines of...
Read MoreHateful 'Gay Panic' murder defence must finally go
May 13, 2020
Nearly 50 years ago, Dr George Duncan was thrown in Adelaide’s River Torrens because he was gay and he drowned. His killers were never brought to justice. In the years following, the South Australian parliament proudly led the nation on the decriminalisation of homosexuality...
Read MoreUpper House slams Government attack on Springbank School
May 01, 2020
A motion calling on the Government to abandon its review of Springbank Secondary College has passed the Upper House, following a similar motion that was passed unanimously by Mitcham Council last month. A review is required under the Education Act to close or merge...
Read MoreMarshall Government must face the music on the plight of live music venues
April 30, 2020
In State Parliament, the Greens have called on the Marshall Government to ensure the local live music industry gets to play a post-COVID encore. Adelaide is a UNESCO City of Music, and our pubs and clubs are the home of live music in our...
Read MoreMarshall must tell Morrison to support quarantined casual workers
March 10, 2020
SA Greens MLC Tammy Franks has called on the Marshall Government to ensure the Morrison Government does not abandon more than one quarter of South Australian workers as fears grow that casual, precarious and gig economy workers will face dire straits if quarantined. Last...
Read MoreResponse to Dean Jaensch (November 2019)
January 14, 2020
The following is a response from Mark Parnell MLC to an article published by Dean Jaensch, regarding the Greens' stance on hazard reduction. This response was not published. Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2019Subject: Response to Dean Jaensch Over a long academic career, Dean Jaensch...
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