Health and Wellbeing
Speech: 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: Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill – Third Reading Speech
May 05, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (23:27): I will make a brief third reading contribution because I want to put on the record that I thank all those members of the community who wrote to me and the other members of this chamber. Many of those...
Read MoreGreens will move to protect employees from sexual harassment and discrimination in new Bill
April 22, 2021
This week the Equal Opportunity Commissioner has handed down the report for the Review of Harassment in the South Australian Legal Profession, with one of the recommendations calling for the South Australian Parliament to amend the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 to impose a positive...
Read MoreSpeech: Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill – Second Reading
March 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18:16): I rise to support this bill. It will come as no surprise that the Greens support voluntary assisted dying legislation as a party position. We have the chance here to ensure that people are able to make their own...
Read MoreQuestion: Port Pirie Lead Smelter Follow Up
March 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:49): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question on the topic of safety concerns at Nyrstar's Port Pirie lead smelter to the Treasurer in his role as Minister for Industrial Relations. Leave granted. The...
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 MoreQuestion: Port Pirie Lead Smelter
March 02, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:12): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question on the topic of safety concerns at Nyrstar's Port Pirie lead smelter to the Treasurer in his role as Minister for Industrial Relations. Leave granted. The Hon....
Read MoreSpeech: Termination of Pregnancy Bill
March 02, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to associate myself with the remarks made by the Minister for Human Services, Michelle Lensink, and the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, the Hon. Stephen Wade. Currently, in March 2021, abortion remains a crime in South Australia, punishable...
Read MoreQuestion: Hotel Quarantine Workers
February 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:52): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing on the subject of contact tracing and the statewide lockdown. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: The Woodville Pizza Bar in Adelaide's...
Read MoreMotion: COVID-19 Response Committee – Interim Report
February 17, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That the report be noted. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. This came after a number of countries had experienced outbreaks and after Australia had already confirmed its first COVID-19...
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