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Animal Welfare Portfolio - Tammy Franks - The Greens

Greens Bill to ban duck hunting in SA

February 5, 2021 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Consumer & Business Affairs

Greens call for stronger laws against wage theft

February 5, 2021 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Sex Work offences subject of new inquiry

February 4, 2021 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Education

Solidarity with Flinders University student sit-in to save the Drama Centre

December 17, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Greens call for extended Covid-19 hotline hours

November 17, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Abortion - Tammy Franks

Safe Access Zones pass in SA Parliament

November 11, 2020 Media Releases

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 …

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Education

Greens slam Tafe cuts to care courses

October 23, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Gender & Sexuality

End Discrimination Blood Donor Ban

October 14, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recently approved an application by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (Lifeblood), which proposes to reduce the deferral period for donors of whole blood from 12 …

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Abortion - Tammy Franks

Safe Access Zones Bill Reaches Upper House

October 14, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

Having passed in the House of Assembly last sitting week, the Bill to create Safe Access Zones around premises that provide abortion services is now before the Legislative Council where …

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Kill A Worker, Go To Jail: Greens Reintroduce Bill For Industrial Manslaughter Laws

October 2, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

Monday the 5th of October is the Labour Day public holiday in South Australia, commemorating the achievements of the Australian labour movement and in particular the movement for eight hours work, …

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Abortion - Tammy Franks

Greens say we must stop criminalising health care on International Safe Abortion Day

September 28, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

Today is International Safe Abortion Day, where campaigns around the world continue to call for the elimination of inequality of access to abortion care. South Australia led the nation by …

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Police

New SAPOL ‘SRS’ Squad must back away from BLM Rally

July 3, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

The Greens today supported the growing call for the new, heavily armed and militaristic SAPOL “Security Response Section” (SRS) to be disbanded. The new unit was launched with a media …

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Aboriginal Affairs & Reconciliation

Custody notification service a life-saving #BLM win for SA

June 30, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

Tammy Franks, Greens MLC, today warmly welcomed the announcement that the Marshall Government will mandate a Custody Notification Service (CNS) scheme for South Australia. Establishing a legislated CNS in South …

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New Bid to repeal SA’s archaic Sex Work Offences

June 18, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

Greens MLC Tammy Franks has today launched legislation that would repeal the current criminal offences relating to sex work from South Australian statutes. These current criminal laws and maximum penalties …

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Q: ‘DOES SAPOL HAVE A RACISM PROBLEM?’ A: EO COMMISSION SHOULD FIND OUT

June 18, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

Greens MLC Tammy Franks has today in Question Time called on the Marshall Government to task the Equal Opportunity Commissioner to review racism within the ranks of SAPOL as was …

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UPPER HOUSE BACKS CALLS TO #KeepLocalTV

June 17, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Aboriginal Affairs & Reconciliation

GREENS MOVE FOR A LIFESAVING CUSTODY NOTIFICATION SERVICE – CALL OUT ALP FOR INACTION

June 17, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

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 …

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Abortion - Tammy Franks

FILIBUSTERING SHOULD NOT DELAY ABORTION SAFE ACCESS ZONES AGAIN – PREGNANT WOMEN & GIRLS DESERVE PROTECTION FROM PROTESTERS

June 17, 2020 Media Releases, Newsroom

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) …

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