Speeches
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,...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: SA First Nations Voice Repeal Bill
November 01, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:31): I rise on behalf of the Greens, but also on at least 11 votes in this place, to speak against the First Nations Voice Repeal Bill 2023. The Hon. Sarah Game of the One Nation party has finally—after a few false starts—introduced this...
Read MoreSpeech: Inquiry into the Urban Forest
November 01, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:06): I also rise to speak to this interim report of the inquiry into the urban forest undertaken by the Environment, Resources and Development Committee. I echo my colleagues the Hon. Emily Bourke and the Hon. Michelle Lensink's sentiment, with thanks...
Read MoreSpeech: Adelaide University Bill
October 31, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:28): I rise also to speak on behalf of the Greens but not as the portfolio holder on this particular bill that seeks to create the Adelaide University. I note that in my colleague's absence I was one of the members...
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