- Tammy Franks quit SA Greens
The co-leader of the South Australian Greens has dramatically quit the party.
Tammy Franks announced she was leaving the Greens and shared a damning letter against her ‘scheming’ former colleagues on Tuesday afternoon.
Franks, who has been a part of the state Greens Party for 15, said her decision came with ‘immense sadness’.
‘I’ve made so many strong friendships and have comrades across the nation within the Greens family,’ she wrote.
‘I have also taken counsel from some of them about this decision and discovered in those conversations that sadly too many times this has happened before.
‘I still believe in a Greens’ vision for a better world and know there are many, many wonderful, committed, and well-intentioned people within the Party.
‘But not all have such noble motivations, and they and their scheming are being too often enabled.’
Franks alluded to unfairness within the party and said she would no longer ‘reward bad behaviour’.
Co-leader of the South Australian Greens, Tammy Franks (pictured), has quit the party
‘I leave the Greens today having hoped that those with thwarted ambitions, grudges and grievances would have focused on building up not tearing down,’ she said.
‘Especially once I moved aside for those with ambition and self-interest.
‘Unfortunately, they have not relented. A small coterie colluded against me hoping to sabotage my work, to wear me down and dissuade me from continuing.
‘They also acted as a clique to the detriment of not just me, but others working around them.’
Franks, a member of the legislative council, claimed her troubles in the party began when she refused to run in pre-selection against a sitting senator.
It’s understood she gave the party her pending resignation in September, 2024.
‘After I announced I would not re-contest I was then hit with an internal group complaint orchestrated by a current SA Parliamentary staff member,’ she said.
‘Untrue but calculated to create maximum damage me with a quick political hit in what they thought would be when the SA Greens pre-selection was underway. However, I was no longer a candidate for that.
Franks (centre) claimed she became the victim of ‘scheming’ within the Greens after refusing to run in pre-selection against a sitting senator and handing in her pending resignation in 2024
‘The Greens are a political party, and their processes should accordingly recognise the often-mercenary tactics used by those who seek control, power and promotion.
‘Staffers are well positioned to wield power often without accountability. Worse still, without purpose.’
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