Women
Speech: 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...
Read MoreAbortion Safe Access Zones put on hold while Pollies take Holidays
December 04, 2019
In a week full of lows when it comes to parliamentary process, the SA Parliament today reached a new one by denying a vote Safe Access Zones in the lower house. The following quotes are attributable to Ms. Franks: “SA is one of only...
Read MoreWin For Abortion Health Care As Upper House Passes Safe Access Zones
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...
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