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  • Sarah Game stalls abortion bill vote

    Sarah Game stalls abortion bill vote

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    Member of the Legislative Council Sarah Game intends to bring her abortion bill to a conscience vote on November 12, rather than Wednesday this week as first promised. Game vowed the Termination of Pregnancy (Restriction on Terminations After 22 Weeks and 6 Days) Amendment Bill would be voted on in time to go through the…

  • Late-term abortion bill slammed as ‘conservative dog whistle’

    Late-term abortion bill slammed as ‘conservative dog whistle’

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    Former Greens and now Independent MLC Tammy Franks has labelled the Upper House bill a “conservative dog whistle and a bid for votes”. Game – a former One Nation MLC – announced on Friday she would introduce the Termination of Pregnancy (Restrictions on Terminations after 22 Weeks and 6 Days) Amendment Bill 2025 during the…

  • SA Greens veteran to leave parliament in 2026

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    Franks, first elected in 2010, announced on social media today that she would not seek another eight-year term in the Upper House but would stay in parliament until her current term expires in March 2026. Franks told InDaily she intends to “keep going pretty full speed” over her remaining 500-plus days as an MP. “It…

  • Greens call for anti-AUKUS movement at community forum

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    More than 100 people attended Saturday’s meeting, with Franks joined by former South Australian senator and submariner Rex Patrick and Greens senator David Shoebridge. Other speakers included UniSA business school Adjunct Research Professor Al Rainnie, environmental campaigner David Noonan and Dr Amanda Ruler from Medical Professionals for Prevention of War. The meeting was called to discuss…

  • ‘Words matter’: Premier asked to apologise for ‘offensive’ remark

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    Malinauskas made the comment at a press conference on Friday to announce that the AFL had selected South Australia over New South Wales to host its inaugural “magic round”. During the press conference, he said he “didn’t want anyone else’s sloppy seconds – particularly Sydney’s”. https://indaily.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Malinauskas_Magic_Round-.mp3 The slang term refers to someone having sex with…

  • Police deny ‘institutional racism’ recruitment claim

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    The claim was made by Greens MLC Tammy Franks in parliament last week. Franks said she was contacted by an employee of the Metropolitan Fire Service who had applied for a position with SA Police. She said the candidate, who was not named, “passed all the necessary tests” but their police clearance was rejected. “After…

  • Govt puts brakes on bid to reveal Adelaide 500 ticket sales

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    During the Upper House’s debate to re-establish the South Australian Motorsport Board – which passed today without division – Greens MLC Tammy Franks moved amendments to enshrine new reporting requirements for events under the Board’s purview. This includes the Adelaide 500, which is set to run in December after Labor made a pre-election promise to…

  • Greens preference Duluk above Libs as Pallaras looms as kingmaker

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    Preference deals have been fervently ongoing this morning between parties and candidates, against the backdrop of an Upper House ballot draw being conducted by the Electoral Commission. That draw revealed that Greg Digance – who along with his wife, ex-Labor MP for Elder Annabel Digance, is facing charges of blackmailing Labor leader Peter Malinauskas – …

  • Mandatory reporting push for greyhound industry loses support

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    Greyhound Racing SA undertook back in 2016 to “make its primary breeding and euthanasia data publicly available”, telling a parliamentary committee last year that it would “expand the datasets that are publicly available”. That new reporting regime, which included deaths and injuries, was mooted to be phased in from May, with a quarterly release of…

  • SA Police chief slammed as parliament hears bombshell claims

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    The bombshell claims were made under parliamentary privilege last night by Greens MLC Tammy Franks, who accused Stevens – the state’s COVID emergency coordinator – of a “conflict of interest” relating to the secret ICAC investigation into a senior officer who later took his own life. SAPOL, on behalf of Stevens, declined to comment on…