Climate Environment & Water
Speech: Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
February 22, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak on behalf of the Greens in support of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2023. A summary of this bill is that it enables the board to address the issues of entering...
Read MoreMotion: Fossil Fuels
February 22, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move That this council— 1. Acknowledges that fossil fuel combustion is the primary driver of global heating and climate change, which is threatening the lives, livelihoods and health of people across the globe; 2. Notes the petition by Fossil...
Read MoreSpeech: Electoral (Control of Corflutes) Amendment Bill
February 08, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (12:04): I rise to support this bill brought to this place through the auspices of it being on the Notice Paper for quite a period of time. I have forgotten the number of days that was quoted—eight hundred and something,...
Read MoreSpeech: Murray-Darling Basin
November 30, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak about restoring our rivers. This week, the Australian Greens secured a critical lifeline for the Murray-Darling Basin. The Murray-Darling Basin is our country's lifeblood. An evaluation report by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority released in December 2020...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: 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...
Read MoreCFS Facilities Audit Urgency as El Nino Summer Threat Looms
October 20, 2023
A Greens motion calling on the Malinauskas government to urgently ensure a proper audit of CFS facilities across our state has this week passed the Upper House with Liberal and Cross Bench support. The need for an audit has been called for by the...
Read MoreSpeech: 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,...
Read MoreQuestion: 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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