Statutes Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill – Second Reading
Adjourned debate on second reading. (Continued from 2 December 2020.) The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18:08): I rise to continue my remarks from last year, when I introduced this bill. At that …
Sex Work offences subject of new inquiry
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 …
New Bid to repeal SA’s archaic Sex Work Offences
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 …
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 …
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) – …