Tammy Franks
| Tammy Franks | |
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| Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 20 March 2010 |
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| Political party | SA Greens |
| Website | TammyFranks.org.au |
Tammy Anne Franks, formerly Jennings, is an Australian politician who was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the SA Greens at the 2010 state election.
Born in Dubbo and raised largely in seaside suburban Sydney, Franks completed her final year of high school at Parafield Gardens before attending the University of South Australia where she studied Sociology, Australian Studies and Community Arts. Franks became heavily involved in university politics, media, and activism, campaigning against the closure of her Salisbury Campus of the University of South Australia, and was elected State President of the National Union of Students.
Then prime minister Paul Keating famously told Franks, protesting in 1996, to "get a job".
Franks has since worked in community organisations such as Amnesty International and the YWCA and held such positions such as Policy Officer for the Mental Health Coalition of South Australia.
Franks was the Higher Education and Youth Advisor for Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja in 1995 and undertook a secondment to the 'Yes' campaign for the Australian Republic Movement under the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull during the Australian Republic Referendum campaign.
In 2004 Franks ran as a Democrat Senate candidate in South Australia.
Franks has been active in the South Australian Greens since 2006, serving two terms as State Convenor and undertaking the task of SA Election Campaign Committee Convenor for the 2007 federal election.
At the 2010 state election, Franks achieved 6.6 percent of the statewide vote, an increase of 2.3 percent, joining fellow Green Mark Parnell in the state Legislative Council.
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