Release footage of 4-year-old girl’s treatment by Port Augusta Big W Staff
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 …
Greens push for phone service proven to reduce Aboriginal deaths in custody
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). …
Treasurer puts COVID-19 Frontline Workers’ Job security at peril in Enterprise Bargaining
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 …
Hateful ‘Gay Panic’ murder defence must finally go
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 …
Upper House to vote today on Greens Bill to provide Covid Cover to frontline workers
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 …
Upper House slams Government attack on Springbank School
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 …
Marshall Government must face the music on the plight of live music venues
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 …
Marshall must tell Morrison to support quarantined casual workers
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 …
Response to Dean Jaensch (November 2019)
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 …
SA Animal Welfare Laws falter as Horses to race despite heatwave
Thoroughbred Racing SA have indicated they will go ahead with their planned meet at Morphettville Racecourse this Friday, despite the current heatwave and a forecast of 44oC that day. The …
Pokies Note Acceptors Bulldozed Through SA Parliament This Week
After a marathon debate in the state Upper House (over three days and long nights into early morning) the controversial bills that will ‘turbo charge gambling harm’ by allowing note …
Reason thrown out the window as Pokies legislation pushed through Parliament
This week, while the Liberals and Labor teamed up to push through community-damaging and ill-considered pokies legislation, they have refused to support any cross-bench amendments to try and minimize the harm …
Abortion Safe Access Zones put on hold while Pollies take Holidays
In a week full of lows when it comes to parliamentary process, the SA Parliament today reached a new one by denying a vote Safe Access Zones in the lower …
Greens Say Confucius Institute Contracts Demand Scrutiny
Confucius Institutes are a key plank of the Chinese Communist Party’s global soft power effort. In South Australia, we have one Confucius Institute at the University of Adelaide, two Confucius …
Win For Abortion Health Care As Upper House Passes Safe Access Zones
Last night the Legislative Council passed Health Care (Health Access Zones) Amendment Bill 2019 with 12 Ayes and 5 Noes. It will now go to the Lower House, where Labor …
Coorong Trust Passes Upper House
Last night the Legislative Council passed the Coorong Environmental Trust Bill 2019, which received unanimous support from all sides of politics. The legislation, which has been called for by the local community, will …
New Bid For Abortion Safe Access Zones
The global ‘40 Days for Life’ protest of abortion health care commences this Wednesday, September 25 and runs until November 3. A private members bill by Greens Tammy Franks and …
Greens Call On Premier To Caution His Assistant Minister
This week in Parliament Tammy Franks MLC questioned the Hon Jing Lee MLC – Assistant Minister to the Premier – about her role as a Parliamentary Ambassador for the Confucius …