Animal Welfare
Speech: Greyhound Industry Reform Inspector Bill
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I stand on behalf of the Greens to support the Greyhound Industry Reform Inspector Bill 2024. It has been a long time coming. Indeed, as the Hon. Jing Lee just mentioned, it is almost a year since the Premier promised...
Read MoreMotion: Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this council—1. Notes that Whalers Way, located on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula, is home to a number of threatened, endangered and migratory species including the southern emu wren and southern right whale, as well as...
Read MoreThe Greyhound Inspector Will Be Muzzled Without Boosted Powers Say Greens
November 30, 2024
The long-overdue Greyhound Industry Reform Inspector (GIRI), the recently appointed Mr Sal Perna AM, will NOT get the expanded powers he needs to oversee much-needed animal welfare reforms after a series of Greens’ amendments to the Greyhound Industry Reform Inspector Bill 2024 were voted down in the Parliament yesterday. Greens’...
Read MoreSpeech: Veterinary Industry
November 01, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise on behalf of the Greens to support the motion of the Hon. Sarah Game and support an inquiry into the veterinary industry, driven of course by, as she stated in her speech to this motion, the need to...
Read MoreAnother Dog Dies as Malinauskas Government Drags Their Feet on Greyhound Reform Inspector
October 25, 2024
On Tuesday, the 7th Greyhound to be killed on the Angle Vale track in 2023 was euthanised by the industry vet, following a fractured femur. Ferocious Levi was just two years old. Ferocious Levi marked the 15th greyhound death on South Australian tracks in...
Read MoreQuestion: 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,...
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