Animal Welfare
Question: Battery Hen Cages
September 25, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Primary Industries on the topic of the resolution to ban battery hen cages by 2036. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: As part of...
Read MoreSouth Australian Kangaroo Populations to be Referred to Natural Resources Committee Following Community Outcry
September 16, 2024
South Australian Kangaroo Populations to be Referred to Natural Resources Committee Following Community Outcry A SA Greens motion calling for South Australia’s Kangaroo and Wallaby populations to be referred to the Natural Resources Committee has passed in the Legislative Council. The Committee will assess...
Read MoreMotion: Kangaroo and Wallaby Management
September 13, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to thank those members who have made a contribution: the Hon. Mira El Dannawi, the Hon. Sarah Game, the Hon. Ben Hood, and the Hon. Nicola Centofanti. Thank you for your contributions to this debate. I welcome the...
Read MoreQuestion: Australian Slaughterhouse Standards
August 28, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development on the topic of Australian standards in slaughterhouses. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: With the announced phasing out...
Read MoreYou Bet They Die: Greyhound Racing Dog Deaths and Drugging Continue as new Inspector Languishes Without Investigative Powers Required
August 15, 2024
You Bet They Die: Greyhound Racing Dog Deaths and Drugging Continue as new Inspector Languishes Without Investigative Powers Required Tragedy struck twice last week at the Angle Park Racetrack, where two greyhounds were killed within just an hour of each other. Ripper Rose,...
Read More‘An Animal Welfare Disaster’: Greens Condemn Greyhound Racing Industry’s ‘Boost for Breeders’ as Ninth Dog Dies on South Australian Tracks
June 25, 2024
The SA Greens condemn the Greyhound Racing Industry’s announcement of a rebate that seeks to ‘stimulate local greyhound breeding’. The decision to financially incentivise further breeding flies in the face of the Ashton Inquiry, which recommended an enforced cap on breeding. Last month, the...
Read MoreMotion: Kangaroo Harvesting Inquiry
June 21, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: 1. That a select committee of the Legislative Council be established to inquire into and report on kangaroo and wallaby populations in South Australia, with particular reference to: (a) how they are affected by commercial and non-commercial harvesting;...
Read MoreSpeech: Freedom of Information (Greyhound Racing) Amendment Bill
May 17, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I thank the contributors today, the Hon. Nicola Centofanti on behalf of the Liberal opposition and the Hon. Justin Hanson on behalf of the Labor government. I remind the council that AJP Recommendation 13, which is one of the 86...
Read MoreQuestion: Native Bird Hunting
May 17, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, representing the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, on the topic of compliance of native bird hunting. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A....
Read MoreQuestion: Operation ANATIS
May 17, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, representing the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, on the topic of Operation Anatis. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: In response...
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