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 …
Greens Call on Marshall Government for caution on Confucius Classrooms
Confucius Institutes are a key plank of the Chinese Communist Party’s global soft power effort. There are 14 Confucius Institutes in Australian universities and 67 Confucius Classrooms in Australian schools. …
Greens Call For Stronger “Phony Police” Laws
After first appearing in Perth, another car has now appeared in Adelaide imitating a Chinese police vehicle, alarming members of the public and in particular ex-pats from China. There is …
Emergency Services volunteers charter bill finally passes The Parliament
In a win for respect for CFS and SES Volunteers, today the Fire and Emergency Services (Volunteer Charter) Bill has passed in the House of Assembly with the support of all sides …
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 …
Greens Secure Inquiry Into School Complaints To Break Bill Impasse
The Education and Children’s Services Bill currently before the state Parliament has stalled for four months while negotiations between Government and Upper House MPs on amendments continue. The following quotes …
Greens Seeing Red On Code Blue Call
The SA Greens have welcomed today’s announcement of a Code Blue emergency homelessness response but have renewed their calls (made in parliament last week) for a review and reform of …
Sex Worker And Cross-Party Support For Bill
A joint press conference of cross-party MPs (Greens, Labor, and Liberal) and representatives of sex worker organisations – SIN (Kat Morrison, General Manager) and Scarlet Alliance (Jules Kim, CEO) – …
Change the rules on Industrial Manslaughter
Greens MLC Tammy Franks will introduce a Bill designed to create a new offence of “Industrial Manslaughter” in South Australia. Under this Bill, and employer is guilty of an offence, with a maximum fine of $1,000,000 and …
High court throws out case against Safe Access Zones
The High Court has thrown out the case against safe access zone laws in Victoria and Tasmania. Safe access zones in Victoria and Tasmania create a 150-metre protection zone outside abortion clinics and prohibit certain behaviours. The High Court …
Public Health – Not Pelmics – Should guide immunisation debate
The SA Greens are dismayed that the Shadow Minister for Health, Chris Picton, continues to prioritise playing politics over public health and an evidence based approach in the so called ‘No Jab No Play’ debate. The state Upper House …
United front to take the politics out of the Coorong under new Bill
Tomorrow MPs across the political divide will be joining the local community in the Coorong to talk about new legislation proposed by Greens MLC Tammy Franks. The legislation, which has been …