Industrial Relations & Public Sector
Greens 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 MoreSpeech: Equal Opportunity Amendment Bill (Second Reading)
May 12, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:09): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise to speak to this new Greens bill, which will take an essential and long overdue step to protect workers from sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace....
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 MoreSpeech: Social Worker Registration Scheme
May 12, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (20:16): Today, I rise once again to introduce a bill for the registration of social workers. It is three years since I last did this. I introduced my original bill in 2018, and it then went to a joint committee...
Read MoreMotion: Welcome to Robert Simms MLC
May 04, 2021
Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. R.I. Lucas: That this council welcomes the Hon. Robert Simms, elected by an Assembly of Members of both houses on 4 May 2021 to replace the Hon. M.C. Parnell (resigned). The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Unsurprisingly, I rise to support...
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...
Read MoreMotion: Farewell to Mark Parnell MLC
March 31, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: With some sadness, I move: That this council— 1. Notes the upcoming retirement of the Hon. Mark Parnell MLC after 15 years of service to the people and Parliament of South Australia; 2. Recognises his role as the first member of...
Read MoreJoint Parliamentary Committee recommends the registration of Social Workers
March 17, 2021
Today Tammy Franks asked the Parliament to note a report of the Joint Committee into the Registration of Social Workers Bill, the key recommendation of which is for South Australia to implement this nation-leading legislation. In 2018 Tammy Franks introduced a Bill for the...
Read MoreSpeech: Social Worker Registration Bill – Joint Committee Report
March 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:29): I move: That the report of the committee be noted. I rise today to speak to the report of the Joint Committee on the Social Workers Registration Bill 2018. It feels like we, along with this bill, have been...
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