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Connie Bonaros was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council in 2018, although her political career – across both state and federal levels - started 14 years earlier, firstly as a senior adviser to Nick Xenophon and later as Chief of Staff to Senator Stirling Griff.
Connie is a member of a number of Parliamentary Committees. She is the Chair of the Select Committee on Health Services, which continues to unearth systemic failures across the state’s health system. Connie also chairs the Select Committee on Return to Work. She sits on the Legislative Review Committee, which is tasked with scrutinising subordinate legislation, and more recently has joined the Select Committee on Water Supply Needs of Eyre Peninsula.
Connie considers her work with asbestos victims in successfully advocating for, and the subsequent passage of, legislation establishing the South Australian Dust Diseases Tribunal, as one of her most valuable contributions.
She’s also a staunch advocate for child protection, criminal and social justice issues, and her long-standing policy platform on problem gambling.
Connie’s also passionate about grassroots campaigns which continue to drive her to fight for change over nearly two decades.
Connie's legislative achievements:
- Banned individuals charged with a child sex offence from working in settings where children and young people under 18 are present without explicit exemption from a bail authority;
- Established an inquiry by the Equal Opportunity Commissioner into harassment, including sexual harassment, in the legal profession;
- Explicitly criminalised the non-consensual removal of a condom during sex known as ‘stealthing’;
- Major reforms to the Coroners Act, including the requirement of a government response to recommendations and next of kin legal representation;
- Amendments to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 to remove archaic exemptions for Members of Parliament and the judiciary;
- Banned the sale of LPG bottles without a warning label about the risk of death or serious injury when inhaled;
- Criminalised child-like sex dolls;
- Instant loss of licence (ILOL) laws for drug driving;
- Provided for increased training requirements for novice motorbike riders (young and returning riders);
- Banned the use of spit-hoods in all detention settings;
- Implemented a Donor Conception Register;
- Superannuation choice of fund laws to allow South Australian public servants and public sector employees the ability to choose;
- Mandatory drug rehabilitation programs for minors;
- Passed laws significantly increasing penalties for the sale illicit tobacco
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