Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation
Question: State Voice to Parliament
November 01, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: My question to the Attorney-General and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs is: when will we see the First Nations Voice to Parliament represent their Voice to this parliament? Will it be in November, as he has previously advised? The Hon. K.J....
Read MoreQuestion: State Voice to Parliament
September 27, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Leader of the Government in this place, who is the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, on the topic of the First Nations South Australian Voice. Leave granted....
Read MoreQuestion: Aboriginal Remains, Riverlea Park
August 29, 2024
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 the Riverlea development and Aboriginal heritage consultation. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: After ancestral remains were found...
Read MoreQuestion: Public Sector Procurement
June 06, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the Public Sector and Industrial Relations and Attorney-General on the topic of the ICAC's 'Buying trust: corruption risks in public sector procurement'...
Read MoreQuestion: Stolen Wages of Indigenous Australians
May 17, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Supplementary: how will the government tackle the stolen wages of Aboriginal people in South Australia, given we are the last jurisdiction to take action on this matter? The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations...
Read MoreSpeech: South Australian Museum
May 02, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise on behalf of the Greens to support this motion calling for a standing committee to take on a referral instead of setting up yet another select committee. The South Australian Museum restructure is an issue that has quite...
Read MoreSpeech: Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue
April 10, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise as, I believe, one of two Greens speakers to offer my condolences to the family and loved ones of Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG. Dr O'Donoghue was known not only to South Australians but right across the...
Read MoreQuestion: Repatriation of Ancestral Aboriginal Remains
April 10, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs a question about the repatriation of Aboriginal remains. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: The South Australian Museum cares for almost 4,000 restricted objects that have...
Read MoreSA Museum Restructure Places Aboriginal Ancestral Remains Repatriation Process at Risk
April 10, 2024
The SA Greens have called on the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs to intervene to ensure the South Australia Museum restructure does not stymie the aboriginal ancestral remains repatriation program in light of the uncertainty caused by the current South Australia Museum restructure. The...
Read MoreQuestion: Removal of Aboriginal Children
March 19, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the minister representing the Minister for Child Protection a question about the forcible removal of Aboriginal children. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: An ABC article published on 18 March...
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