In Parliament
Speech: Spent Convictions (Decriminalised Offenses) Amendment Bill
November 12, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:38): I rise today on behalf of the Greens as their gender and sexuality spokesperson to speak briefly in firm support of this bill. This is an important piece of legislation that will make a tangible difference to the lives...
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: Electric Vehicles
November 11, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:52): Supplementary: what will be the cost of administering the EV (electric vehicle) road user tax over that $1 million over the forward estimates of collection of the tax? The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:52): They are the sort of...
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...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Abolition of Defence of Provocation & Related Matters) – 2nd Reading Speech
November 10, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:47): I rise as the Greens' gender and sexuality spokesperson to support the Statutes Amendment (Abolition of Defence of Provocation and Related Matters) Bill 2020. Indeed, I associate myself with the remarks of the Hon. Ian Hunter in noting that...
Read MoreMotion: Parliament Workplace Cultural Review Project
September 28, 2020
Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. T.A. Franks: That this council— 1. Notes that on 19 February 2020 this council resolved that the President invite the SA Equal Opportunity Commissioner to make recommendations for reforms to facilitate the handling of harassment in this parliamentary...
Read MoreSpeech: COVID-19 Emergency Reponse Expiry & Rent Amendment Bill
September 28, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:40): I rise as one of two speakers for the Greens today to speak to this important bill. Six months on from the time we debated emergency legislation in several incarnations, we are now seeing the need for an extension of...
Read MoreQuestion: Cannabidiol (CBD)
September 28, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:11): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question without notice to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing on the topic of consumer access to CBD, or cannabidiol. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: CBD is...
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