Speeches

Speech: Return to Work (Presumptive Firefighter Injuries) Amendment

November 01, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the Greens to rise to support this legislation, the Return to Work (Presumptive Firefighter Injuries) Amendment Bill. This bill adds, at the behest of the United Firefighters Union, an additional three cancers...

Speech: Biosecurity Bill

November 01, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak to this Biosecurity Bill today on behalf of the Greens. In doing so we welcome the bill and commend the government on the amount of work that has gone into this critically important bill. The bill...

Speech: Veterinary Industry

November 01, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise on behalf of the Greens to support the motion of the Hon. Sarah Game and support an inquiry into the veterinary industry, driven of course by, as she stated in her speech to this motion, the need to...

Speech: Fair Work (Registered Associations) Amendment Bill 2024

November 01, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak to the Fair Work (Registered Associations) Amendment Bill 2024 on behalf of the Greens. Of course, the Greens are willing to work with the government to get the best outcomes for workers and their legitimate representatives...

Speech: Termination of Pregnancy (Terminations and Live Births) Amendment Bill

October 18, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise as one of two speakers tonight for the Greens to oppose this bill. It will come as no surprise to members of this council or indeed to Greens voters that the Greens have a policy position of the...

Speech: Public Finance and Audit (Fossil Fuel Sponsorships) Amendment Bill

October 17, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. It is an absolute pleasure to introduce this bill today, the fossil fuel advertising prohibition bill. It is timely that we do this. We are in a changed and...

Speech: Sex Industry - Exit Strategies and Spent Convictions

September 26, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to oppose this bill. I imagine that it will come as no surprise that the Greens, who have a policy position, a party position, from our grassroots membership right to every MP, support the decriminalisation of sex work...

Speech: Adelaide Brighton Cement Factory (AdBri)

September 26, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise today to speak about a certain cement factory nestled snugly within our western seaside suburbs, long known as Adelaide Brighton Cement, now known as Adbri, and their Birkenhead kiln. In July, the EPA issued an environment protection order...

Speech: Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill

September 25, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise as the first of two Green speakers today to support the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2024. That will probably come as no surprise: indeed, whenwe were asked, during the election, by the South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance, we...

Speech: Portable Long Service Leave for Community Workers

September 11, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak in support of this bill. I am pleased to see steps being taken here in this parliament to ensure that South Australians will have pathways to more secure working conditions if they work in the community...