Health and Wellbeing
Motion: 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...
Read MoreSpeech: Road Traffic (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill
February 03, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. It is not the first time the issue of medicinal cannabis and driving while a legally prescribed medicinal cannabis patient has been raised in this place. Before I go much...
Read MoreSpeech: COVID19 Response Expiry Bill 2021
February 02, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:38): I rise very briefly to join my colleague the Hon. Mark Parnell in expressing support for the bill before us. I also take this opportunity to note that, while this is a very simple bill and extends what has...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment Hate Crimes Bill
December 02, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I note that this is a bill that comes from the debate that we recently had in this place on provocation laws and, indeed, the long debate that I have...
Read MoreQuestion: Flinders Uni Students Coronavirus Testing
December 02, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:28): I seek leave to make brief explanation before asking the Minister for Health and Wellbeing a question about COVID communication. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: It has come to my attention that through the communication channel Overheard at...
Read MoreGreens call for extended Covid-19 hotline hours
November 17, 2020
In Parliament today, the Greens called for better access to COVID-19 information, in particular for people wanting to access the SA COVID-19 Information Line and the SA COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line. Both of these hotlines operate within very limited hours. The Victorian, Queensland,...
Read MoreSpeech: Termination Of Pregnancy Bill – 2nd Reading Speech
November 12, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise with great pleasure today to support the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020 and associate myself with the remarks of my honourable colleague Mark Parnell and the Hon. Ian Hunter in congratulating the Marshall government for allowing this debate to...
Read MoreMotion: COVID-19 Transition Committee
November 11, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:00): I move: That this council requires the Chair of the SA COVID-19 Transition Committee to provide to the COVID-19 Response Committee of this council the complete adopted minutes of all meetings of the SA COVID-19 Transition Committee. I rise...
Read MoreSpeech: Health Care (Safe Access) Amendment Bill - 2nd Reading, Committee Stage & Third Reading
November 11, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I thank those members who have made a contribution this evening to this bill and for their thought and consideration into their positions: the Hon. Ian Hunter, the Hon. Irene Pnevmatikos, the Hon. Mark Parnell, the Hon. Connie Bonaros, the Hon. Clare Scriven, the...
Read MoreQuestion: COVID-19 Home Quarantine App
November 10, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:24): Noting that I won't get a supplementary, my question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing with regard to the COVID-19 home quarantine app. It was announced last month by the government that they were seeking a procurement...
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