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Speech: Southern Ocean Wind Farm

November 16, 2023

Speech: Southern Ocean Wind Farm - YouTube The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak briefly on this motion on behalf of the Greens, and make some reflections on the motion, but also tilting at windmills. The world is facing a climate emergency. It...

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Speech: Hydrogen and Renewable Energy

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...

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Speech: Inquiry into the Urban Forest

November 01, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:06): I also rise to speak to this interim report of the inquiry into the urban forest undertaken by the Environment, Resources and Development Committee. I echo my colleagues the Hon. Emily Bourke and the Hon. Michelle Lensink's sentiment, with thanks...

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Speech: ERDC Committee - Disposal of PFAS

October 18, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:15): I rise to speak on this report. PFAS, of course, are a group of over 4,000 synthetic chemicals being used in industry and consumer products for decades because of their ability to resist heat, stains, grease and water. Unfortunately,...

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Question: Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticide

October 17, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:26): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides.Leave granted.The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: There has been an increase in small native animals consuming...

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Question: Feral Pigs

September 26, 2023

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Primary Industries a question regarding feral pig culling. In August, the Limestone Coast Landscape Board recorded three outbreaks of feral pigs over the last 18 months, with the...

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Motion: National Threatened Species Day and Whalers Way

September 13, 2023

  The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:14): I move:That this council— 1. Recognises that Thursday 7 September 2023 was National Threatened Species Day; 2. Notes that Whalers Way, located on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula, is home to a number of threatened, endangered and...

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Motion: River Murray Flood

August 30, 2023

  The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (21:19): I rise today briefly on behalf of the Greens to speak in support of this motion. The 2022-23 River Murray flood emergency was the worst recorded flood since 1956. Emergency Services Minister, Joe Szakacs, estimated that 4,000 properties...

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