Women
Greens say we must stop criminalising health care on International Safe Abortion Day
September 28, 2020
Today is International Safe Abortion Day, where campaigns around the world continue to call for the elimination of inequality of access to abortion care. South Australia led the nation by legislating to allow abortion under certain circumstances in 1969, but this legislation is more...
Read MoreMotion: Parliament Workplace Cultural Review Project
September 09, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this council— 1. Notes that on 19 February 2020 this council resolved that the President invite the SA Equal Opportunity Commissioner to make recommendations for reforms to facilitate the handling of harassment in this parliamentary workplace; 2....
Read MoreSpeech: Equal Opportunity (Parliament) Amendment Bill 2020
June 30, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:04): I rise to support this bill and welcome that we will finally address this matter before the parliament. It is unfinished business from the 1980s. It is unfinished business for many members of this place who have been sexually...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment Repeal of Sex Work Offences Bill - 2nd Reading
June 18, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:38): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I speak in support of the second reading of the Statutes Amendment (Repeal of Sex Work Offences) Bill 2020. It has been a long time in coming, because...
Read MoreNew Bid to repeal SA's archaic Sex Work Offences
June 18, 2020
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 are: Keeping a bawdy house = 2 years imprisonment Permitting premises to be frequented...
Read MoreFILIBUSTERING SHOULD NOT DELAY ABORTION SAFE ACCESS ZONES AGAIN - PREGNANT WOMEN & GIRLS DESERVE PROTECTION FROM PROTESTERS
June 17, 2020
Background: Abortion ‘Safe Access Zones’ provide a buffer against protesters of 150m outside medical services for patients and providers of abortion health care. The matter of Safe Access Zones (SAZ) was first introduced by Greens MLC Tammy Franks in December 2018. It was considered...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Free Menstrual Hygiene Products Program Trial) Amendment Bill 2020
May 14, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:49): I rise today on behalf the Greens to support this bill. It would allow for a trial of dispensing machines providing free menstrual hygiene products in South Australian government schools. It is an excellent initiative and I hope that...
Read MoreSpeech: Abortion Access under COVID Pandemic
May 13, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:38): I rise today to talk about abortion access for South Australian women under the COVID pandemic. South Australia is the only place in this nation where almost all abortions happen at a public hospital and at no cost to...
Read MoreQuestion: Access to abortion services via Telehealth during COVID-19
April 20, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:07): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing on the topic of access to abortion services under the pandemic. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: As members would...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Repeal of Sex Work Offences) Bill
April 08, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18:24): I thank those members who have made a contribution this evening and also those who are willing to serve on the select committee looking at this matter. This is actually quite a different bill from the last one I moved...
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