November 15, 2019

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 MP Nat Cook will take leadership of the Bill. This Bill established a 150...

October 18, 2019

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 establish the Coorong Environmental Trust; an independent body with the objective...

September 24, 2019

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 Labor’s Nat Cook will be introduced in both Houses of state parliament today to...

September 13, 2019

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 Institute. Greens MLC Tammy Franks has today written to the Premier, asking him to...

August 23, 2019

In South Australia, there is a ‘Confucius Institute’ (CI) at the University of Adelaide, two Confucius Classrooms in our state's public schools (Salisbury High and Plympton International College), and one Confucius Classroom in the private sector at Christian Brothers College. Confucius Institutes are a...

August 19, 2019

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 currently speculation that this fake police car may have been part of an intimidating...

July 30, 2019

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 of politics after it was moved by Troy Bell MP. This Bill...

July 25, 2019

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 Classrooms in our state's public schools (Salisbury High and Plympton International College), and one...

July 23, 2019

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. Quotes attributable to Tammy Franks MLC: “This Bill was a “once in a generation” reform but has...

June 12, 2019

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 the criteria for a Cold Blue to be called. The current triggers for a...