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Greens Support Teacher Strike
January 24, 2022
Today the Australian Education Union has announced that the majority of its members have voted in support of striking on the 2nd of February as the Marshall Liberal Government fails to ensure the safety of teachers and students ahead of a staggered return to...
Read MoreUpper House condemns Minister' inaction on St Kilda mangroves environmental disaster
May 27, 2021
The Upper House has just passed a Greens’ motion condemning the inaction of the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy and the Minister for Environment and Water in dealing with Buckland Dry Creek Pty Ltd, who are responsible for the ponds leaking hypersaline brine...
Read MoreGreens move to bring TAFE SA back into public hands
May 27, 2021
Today on Public Education Day the Greens have given notice of a Bill that would bring TAFE SA back into public management. TAFE SA was ‘corporatised’ in a 2012 Weatherill Government Act which the Greens were the sole voice of Parliamentary opposition to at...
Read MoreSafe drinking water stocktake urgently needed for SA
May 25, 2021
In Parliament today the Greens have asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing if his Department will conduct a safe drinking water stocktake following revelations that there is a “lack of direction and accountability” among government agencies when it comes to regulating water supply,...
Read MoreGreens Bill will protect workers from sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace
May 13, 2021
Greens MLC Tammy Franks has introduced legislation to ensure that employers have a positive duty to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace. This has been a key recommendation of the Equal Opportunity Commissioner’s Review of Harassment in the South Australian Legal Profession, of...
Read MoreUpper House indicates in-principle support for registration of Social Workers
May 12, 2021
Today the Upper House has supported the report of the Joint Committee into the Registration of Social Workers Bill – a Bill introduced by Greens MLC Tammy Franks. The key recommendation of the report is for South Australia to pass legislation and lead the...
Read MoreGreens slam shop trading hours referendum
May 11, 2021
The Greens have today indicated that they will not be supporting the proposed referendum on shop trading hours put forward by the Marshall Liberal Government. The Greens slammed the idea as being a waste of public money, stating that the idea has been decisively...
Read MoreGreens call for serious action as St Kilda mangroves environmental disaster continues to unfold
May 10, 2021
The Greens are renewing their call for the Government to take serious action to tackle the ongoing environmental disaster unfolding at the St Kilda Mangroves caused by hypersaline brine leaking into the environment from previously decommissioned ponds managed by Buckland Dry Creek Pty Ltd....
Read MoreKill A Worker, Go To Jail: Greens renew bid to make industrial manslaughter a crime
April 27, 2021
Today on International Workers’ Memorial Day the Greens are once again calling on the Parliament to support their proposed Industrial Manslaughter laws, which will come to a vote on the 5th of May. Under this Bill, if an employer is guilty of an offence,...
Read MoreGreens will move to protect employees from sexual harassment and discrimination in new Bill
April 22, 2021
This week the Equal Opportunity Commissioner has handed down the report for the Review of Harassment in the South Australian Legal Profession, with one of the recommendations calling for the South Australian Parliament to amend the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 to impose a positive...
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