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...

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...

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...

November 01, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:06): My question to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs is: can he please update us on the progress towards South Australia's First Nations Voice to Parliament? The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public...

October 20, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:06): As noted by the Hon. Tung Ngo, the inquiry into Aboriginal governance was referred to the Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee by the then Premier in February 2021. Over its course, the committee received 48 written submissions and heard oral...

October 18, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:46): I rise to give my take on the Voice. Saturday was a really hard day. The Greens share the disappointment of those who wanted to see us, as the minister earlier today said, realise the hopes and aspirations of...

October 17, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:05): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs a question regarding Aboriginal heritage and the Buckland Park housing development Riverlea.Leave granted.The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: On Thursday 28 September I asked the minister...

September 28, 2023

That the 2022-23 annual report of the committee be noted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18:06): I rise today to speak to the Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee annual report for the year 2022-23. I reiterate what I have previously said in this place: I...

September 28, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs on the topic of Aboriginal heritage laws and the Riverlea estate in Buckland Park. Under section 23 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988,...

September 14, 2023

  The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:30): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Attorney representing the Minister for Arts. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: The Attorney and the Minister for Arts would be very well aware...