Speeches
Speech: Health Care (Governance) Amendment Bill
June 17, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:44): I rise on behalf the Greens to speak broadly in support of the legislation before us today, though there are some issues of concern that I will mention later on. It is certainly welcome to see the reintroduction of this...
Read MoreSpeech: Summary Offences Notification of Custody (CNS) Amendment Bill
June 17, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:34): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill seeks to legislate a custody notification service. A CNS provides a critical welfare check and fundamental legal advice to all Aboriginal people who are taken into...
Read MoreSpeech: Policing the Pandemic
June 17, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:38): I rise to speak on the topic of policing the pandemic. We have heard many a time that we are living in unprecedented times, that this is the brave new world and our opportunity is before us to build...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill (Bills)
June 03, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (11:24): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Indeed, I rise today to reintroduce this bill for a third time. While I move a second reading speech today, it will be familiar to those of you...
Read MoreSpeech: Return to Work (COVID-19 Injury) Amendment Bill 2020
June 03, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:14): Given I have a similar bill on the Notice Paper and have also called for workers compensation presumptive arrangements under our Return to Work scheme, it is no surprise that the Greens will be supporting this bill today. Indeed,...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill 2020
June 03, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:17): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise today to introduce this bill, which I first introduced last year before parliament was prorogued. As I do so, I would like to once again emphasise...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Free Menstrual Hygiene Products Program Trial) Amendment Bill 2020
May 14, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:49): I rise today on behalf the Greens to support this bill. It would allow for a trial of dispensing machines providing free menstrual hygiene products in South Australian government schools. It is an excellent initiative and I hope that...
Read MoreSpeech: Abortion Access under COVID Pandemic
May 13, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:38): I rise today to talk about abortion access for South Australian women under the COVID pandemic. South Australia is the only place in this nation where almost all abortions happen at a public hospital and at no cost to...
Read MoreSpeech: Imagining the world post-COVID-19 (Matters of Interest)
April 20, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:28): I rise today to make some remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic and the world that we find ourselves in, and the world, in fact, that we can see through this pandemic. As we know, the Prime Minister of the...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Repeal of Sex Work Offences) Bill
April 08, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18:24): I thank those members who have made a contribution this evening and also those who are willing to serve on the select committee looking at this matter. This is actually quite a different bill from the last one I moved...
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