Speeches
Speech: Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill – Second Reading
March 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18:16): I rise to support this bill. It will come as no surprise that the Greens support voluntary assisted dying legislation as a party position. We have the chance here to ensure that people are able to make their own...
Read MoreSpeech: Social Worker Registration Bill – Joint Committee Report
March 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:29): I move: That the report of the committee be noted. I rise today to speak to the report of the Joint Committee on the Social Workers Registration Bill 2018. It feels like we, along with this bill, have been...
Read MoreSpeech: Termination of Pregnancy Bill
March 02, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to associate myself with the remarks made by the Minister for Human Services, Michelle Lensink, and the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, the Hon. Stephen Wade. Currently, in March 2021, abortion remains a crime in South Australia, punishable...
Read MoreSpeech: Wage Theft (Matters of Interest)
February 03, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:22): I rise to speak about wage theft. Yesterday, Adelaide citizens were horrified to see an incident in Gouger Street in our city, when a young woman simply demanded a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. It is understood...
Read MoreSpeech: Road Traffic (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill
February 03, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. It is not the first time the issue of medicinal cannabis and driving while a legally prescribed medicinal cannabis patient has been raised in this place. Before I go much...
Read MoreSpeech: COVID19 Response Expiry Bill 2021
February 02, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:38): I rise very briefly to join my colleague the Hon. Mark Parnell in expressing support for the bill before us. I also take this opportunity to note that, while this is a very simple bill and extends what has...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment Use of Facial Recognition System Bill
December 02, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:20): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise on behalf of the Greens to call on this parliament to protect problem gamblers from predatory practices. We have canvassed this issue previously, back when the...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment Hate Crimes Bill
December 02, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I note that this is a bill that comes from the debate that we recently had in this place on provocation laws and, indeed, the long debate that I have...
Read MoreSpeech: Use of Facial Recognition Bill
December 02, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (21:27): It has been sometime since I introduced this bill, and I thank those members who have made a contribution to the debate tonight. I note that this is unfinished business from those previous debates with regard to the bills...
Read MoreSpeech: Parliamentary Workplace Harassment
November 12, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:59): I rise on behalf of the Greens to wholeheartedly support the minister's amendments and acceptance of the motion from the other place. We know full well in this council that we have passed motions to effect such an inquiry by...
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