Animal Welfare
Motion: Committee Established for Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Inquiry
June 14, 2022
Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. T.A. Franks: That the Environment, Resources and Development Committee inquire into and report on further legislative and policy measures to better protect the dolphins in the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary and the Port River, with particular consideration to be...
Read MoreSpeech: Greens Introduce Bill to Ban Jumps Racing
May 06, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:56): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise today to introduce this bill to at long last ban jumps racing in South Australia. This is not the first time this parliament will have...
Read MoreGreens to Ban Jump Racing in SA
May 04, 2022
The Greens will today introduce legislation to finally ban jumps racing in South Australia. Queensland stopped jumps racing in 1903, WA in 1941 and the sport was banned in NSW in 1997. The last race was held in Tasmania in 2007. It has now...
Read MoreGreens Pledge to Protect the Port River Dolphins
February 22, 2022
The Greens today released a four-point plan to better protect Adelaide’s much-loved Port River Dolphins and pledged to take a Bill to implement the plan to the next Parliament. The Greens’ announcement comes as South Australia welcomes the arrival of newborn calf Neon to...
Read MoreSpeech: Greens Call for Renewed Protections for Wombats
December 01, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (21:07): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise today to introduce this piece of legislation that really should not be necessary. Regrettably, however, some people feel that they have the right to be cruel...
Read MoreSpeech: National Parks And Wildlife (Wombat Burrows) Amendment Bill
December 01, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise today to bring back a piece of legislation that I previously introduced that is still, regrettably, necessary. Unfortunately, we still have people in our community who feel...
Read MoreSpeech: Port River Dolphins
November 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:24): I rise today to speak about the few remaining bottlenose dolphins that call our Port River home. Throughout the years we have seen many reports of dolphins becoming entangled in fishing equipment, fatally injured by boat propellers and, since...
Read MoreMotion: World Kangaroo Day
October 13, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:35): I move: That this council— 1. Notes that 24 October is World Kangaroo Day, celebrating kangaroos and raising awareness about the largest commercial slaughter of land-based wildlife in the world; 2. Acknowledges that loss of habitat, bushfires, drought, predators,...
Read MoreMotion: Animal Welfare Reform Committee Final Report
September 22, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:53): I move: That the report of the committee be noted. It is with pleasure that I stand here to note the final report of the Joint Committee on the Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill 2020. Before I spend...
Read MoreSpeech: Joint Committee on Statues Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill
September 09, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:39): I bring up the report of the committee. Report received and ordered to be published.
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