Speeches

Speech: Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill

February 22, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak on behalf of the Greens in support of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2023. A summary of this bill is that it enables the board to address the issues of entering...

Speech: Statutes Amendment Bill (Public Holidays)

February 21, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak to the Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2024. I note that the title of this bill is determined by parliamentary counsel. There are rules around titles of bills, so for the opposition's education that is...

Speech: Gender Dysphoria

February 08, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise today to speak on this particular motion, noting that the Greens will not be supporting the establishment of this select committee. I would like to point out that there already has been a recent South Australian inquiry into...

Speech: Electoral (Control of Corflutes) Amendment Bill

February 08, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (12:04): I rise to support this bill brought to this place through the auspices of it being on the Notice Paper for quite a period of time. I have forgotten the number of days that was quoted—eight hundred and something,...

Speech: Aboriginal Heritage (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill

February 06, 2024

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise today to speak on behalf of the Greens in support of this legislation, a step in the right direction and I hope the first of many changes to come for Aboriginal heritage in this state. Every time we...

Speech: Murray-Darling Basin

November 30, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak about restoring our rivers. This week, the Australian Greens secured a critical lifeline for the Murray-Darling Basin. The Murray-Darling Basin is our country's lifeblood. An evaluation report by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority released in December 2020...

Speech: Public Holiday Bill

November 29, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise on behalf of the Greens in support of this bill. As you may recall, in December 2021, I introduced a bill to this place to amend the Holidays Act to make Christmas Day, no matter what day it...

Speech: Southern Ocean Wind Farm

November 16, 2023

Speech: Southern Ocean Wind Farm - YouTube The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak briefly on this motion on behalf of the Greens, and make some reflections on the motion, but also tilting at windmills. The world is facing a climate emergency. It...

Speech: SA First Nation Voice Repeal Bill

November 16, 2023

Speech: SA First Nations Voice Repeal Bill - YouTube The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I will keep this short and sweet. Here we are yet again seeing on our Notice Paper a bill to repeal the First Nations Voice—something that this parliament, both houses, has...

Speech: Hydrogen and Renewable Energy

November 16, 2023

Speech: Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Bill - YouTube The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise today to speak also on the Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Bill, noting that there is a crossover of portfolios within the Greens between myself and my colleague, the Hon. Robert...