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Greens Say Confucius Institute Contracts Demand Scrutiny
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...
Read MoreGreens Secure Inquiry Into School Complaints To Break Bill Impasse
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...
Read MoreGreens Seeing Red On Code Blue Call
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...
Read MoreSex Worker And Cross-Party Support For Bill
June 05, 2019
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) – will be held in the Old Parliament foyer at 11.30am today. This is in...
Read MoreChange the rules on Industrial Manslaughter
April 30, 2019
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 up to 20 years imprisonment, if: The...
Read MoreHigh court throws out case against Safe Access Zones
April 10, 2019
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 upholding these safe access zones as constitutional is good news for South Australia, where...
Read MorePublic Health - Not Pelmics - Should guide immunisation debate
April 04, 2019
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 today passed legislation (South Australian...
Read MoreUnited front to take the politics out of the Coorong under new Bill
March 29, 2019
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 called for by the local community, will establish the Coorong Environmental Trust; an...
Read MoreAdelaide to host the sex work 'Dames of Decrim'
March 17, 2019
Adelaide will this week host a visit from two sex work advocates who have both recently received Queens’ Honours in recognition of their services to the decriminalisation of sex work in both NSW and New Zealand. Affectionately known as the “Dames of Decrim’ they...
Read MoreGreens Call for Education Ombudsman
February 14, 2019
The Education and Children’s Services Bill is currently before the state Parliament’s Upper House. The Greens have moved that the new Act enshrine a specialist Education Ombudsman as part of the so-called ‘once in a generation’ reform. The following quotes are attributable to Tammy...
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