In Parliament
Speech: Statutes Amendment (Parliament - Executive Officer and Clerks) Bill
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise very briefly to indicate support for the Statute Amendment (Parliament—Executive Officer and Clerks) Bill 2024, noting that I have a bill that covers some of the same territory on the Notice Paper at present. This bill ensures changes...
Read MoreQuestion: VALIO Adelaide 500
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Leader of the Government, representing the Premier, on the Premier's comments about the Dunstan by-election and the Adelaide 500. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I...
Read MoreMotion: Adelaide Roller Derby
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: It is with great pleasure that I get up to support the Hon. Justin Hanson's motion drawing the attention of this council and indeed this parliament to the world's largest roller derby tournament, The Great Southern Slam. It was held...
Read MoreMotion: Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: That this council—1. Notes that Whalers Way, located on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula, is home to a number of threatened, endangered and migratory species including the southern emu wren and southern right whale, as well as...
Read MoreQuestion: Professor Joanna Howe
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Pursuant to standing order 107, and noting that he is not the only member in this place to have received death threats in regard to abortion law debate, my question to the Hon. Ben Hood is: will he now take...
Read MoreQuestion: Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex
December 20, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the minister representing the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water on the topic of water sources for experimental rocket launches. Leave Granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Last week,...
Read MoreSpeech: Return to Work (Presumptive Firefighter Injuries) Amendment
November 01, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the Greens to rise to support this legislation, the Return to Work (Presumptive Firefighter Injuries) Amendment Bill. This bill adds, at the behest of the United Firefighters Union, an additional three cancers...
Read MoreSpeech: Biosecurity Bill
November 01, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to speak to this Biosecurity Bill today on behalf of the Greens. In doing so we welcome the bill and commend the government on the amount of work that has gone into this critically important bill. The bill...
Read MoreSpeech: Veterinary Industry
November 01, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise on behalf of the Greens to support the motion of the Hon. Sarah Game and support an inquiry into the veterinary industry, driven of course by, as she stated in her speech to this motion, the need to...
Read MoreQuestion: Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis
November 01, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: My question to the Minister for Industrial Relations is: have you read the report and recommendations of the joint parliamentary select committee into medicinal cannabis, and what leadership role will you and your department play in implementing the recommendations? The...
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