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UPPER HOUSE BACKS CALLS TO #KeepLocalTV
June 17, 2020
South Australia’s Upper House is calling on the federal Government to extend community television licences before the state’s own Channel 44, one of Australia’s last surviving community broadcasters, is switched off at the end of the month. Greens Member of Legislative Council Tammy Franks...
Read MoreGREENS 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 MoreFILIBUSTERING SHOULD NOT DELAY ABORTION SAFE ACCESS ZONES AGAIN - PREGNANT WOMEN & GIRLS DESERVE PROTECTION FROM PROTESTERS
June 17, 2020
Background: Abortion ‘Safe Access Zones’ provide a buffer against protesters of 150m outside medical services for patients and providers of abortion health care. The matter of Safe Access Zones (SAZ) was first introduced by Greens MLC Tammy Franks in December 2018. It was considered...
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...
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