Disability
Motion: Neurodiversity Celebration Week
September 13, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:56): I rise on behalf of the Greens with great pleasure to speak in support of this motion, and I thank the Hon. Emily Bourke for bringing it to this council. I also rise to acknowledge the work of my...
Read MoreQuestion: Follow-up Question on AUSLAN Interpreters
December 02, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:59): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. I welcomed the introduction of an Auslan interpreter at today's COVID presser. Will the minister now update the previous question asked as to why they have been so absent...
Read MoreQuestion: Auslan Interpreters at COVID Press Conferences
November 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:38): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question on the topic of Auslan interpreters to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Throughout most of the pandemic we have had...
Read MoreSpeech: Social Worker Registration Scheme
May 12, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (20:16): Today, I rise once again to introduce a bill for the registration of social workers. It is three years since I last did this. I introduced my original bill in 2018, and it then went to a joint committee...
Read MoreSpeech: Social Worker Registration Bill – Joint Committee Report
March 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:29): I move: That the report of the committee be noted. I rise today to speak to the report of the Joint Committee on the Social Workers Registration Bill 2018. It feels like we, along with this bill, have been...
Read MoreSpeech: Disability Inclusion (Community Visitor Scheme) Amendment Bill 2020
July 22, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (20:07): I think it is safe to say that many South Australians are still reeling from the death of Ann Marie Smith. As we continue to unpick the systems and the circumstances that allowed for this to happen, we have...
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