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...

September 25, 2019

Introduction and First Reading The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:48): Obtained leave and introduced a bill for an act to amend the Health Care Act 2008. Read a first time. Second Reading The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:49): I move: That this bill be now read a second...

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...

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...

March 01, 2019

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to conclude my comments on the second reading of this most important bill. I do so because best quality abortion care is enabled when abortion is a woman's decision, affordable to all and accessible regardless of a woman's location....

December 07, 2018

Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I introduce this bill today because our current abortion law, which was written in 1969 and was once progressive and leading the nation, is no longer fit for purpose. It...