Speeches
Speech: Termination Of Pregnancy Bill – 2nd Reading Speech
November 12, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise with great pleasure today to support the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020 and associate myself with the remarks of my honourable colleague Mark Parnell and the Hon. Ian Hunter in congratulating the Marshall government for allowing this debate to...
Read MoreSpeech: Spent Convictions (Decriminalised Offenses) Amendment Bill
November 12, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:38): I rise today on behalf of the Greens as their gender and sexuality spokesperson to speak briefly in firm support of this bill. This is an important piece of legislation that will make a tangible difference to the lives...
Read MoreSpeech: Health Care (Safe Access) Amendment Bill - 2nd Reading, Committee Stage & Third Reading
November 11, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I thank those members who have made a contribution this evening to this bill and for their thought and consideration into their positions: the Hon. Ian Hunter, the Hon. Irene Pnevmatikos, the Hon. Mark Parnell, the Hon. Connie Bonaros, the Hon. Clare Scriven, the...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Abolition of Defence of Provocation & Related Matters) – 2nd Reading Speech
November 10, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:47): I rise as the Greens' gender and sexuality spokesperson to support the Statutes Amendment (Abolition of Defence of Provocation and Related Matters) Bill 2020. Indeed, I associate myself with the remarks of the Hon. Ian Hunter in noting that...
Read MoreSpeech: COVID-19 Emergency Reponse Expiry & Rent Amendment Bill
September 28, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:40): I rise as one of two speakers for the Greens today to speak to this important bill. Six months on from the time we debated emergency legislation in several incarnations, we are now seeing the need for an extension of...
Read MoreSpeech: Energy Policy
September 23, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:53): I rise today to speak about the Prime Minister's recently delivered energy address, something that, as The Saturday Paper noted, in almost 5,000 words made 49 references to gas, six references to coal but not a single mention of...
Read MoreSpeech: Work Health & Safety Industrial Manslaughter Amendment Bill
September 23, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:07): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today, I rise to reintroduce the Greens' Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill. This bill creates a new offence in South Australia of industrial manslaughter. It...
Read MoreSpeech: Emergency Management (Quarantine Fees and Penalty) Amendment Bill 2020
July 23, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:37): I rise on behalf of the Greens to support this bill, acknowledging that again we are having to deal with quite extraordinary circumstances and address them in a very rushed manner that would not normally be the due process...
Read MoreSpeech: Correctional Services (Accountability and Other Measures) Amendment Bill
July 22, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:07): I wish to break with tradition and indicate that I oppose the adjournment motion. I do so for the reasons that the Hon. Rob Lucas just outlined, in that we are not debating the correctional services bill today. This is...
Read MoreSpeech: Disability Inclusion (Community Visitor Scheme) Amendment Bill 2020
July 22, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (20:07): I think it is safe to say that many South Australians are still reeling from the death of Ann Marie Smith. As we continue to unpick the systems and the circumstances that allowed for this to happen, we have...
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