Industrial Relations & Public Sector
Motion: Parliament Workplace Cultural Review Project
September 09, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move: 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 workplace; 2....
Read MoreQuestion: Adelaide Football Club
September 09, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: The minister would be well aware that on 21 July he provided an answer to my previous question on this topic to the effect that SafeWork SA had confirmed that: No notifications or complaints against the Adelaide Football Club in relation...
Read MoreSpeech: Equal Opportunity (Parliament) Amendment Bill 2020
June 30, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:04): I rise to support this bill and welcome that we will finally address this matter before the parliament. It is unfinished business from the 1980s. It is unfinished business for many members of this place who have been sexually...
Read MoreSpeech: Return to Work (COVID-19 Injury) Amendment Bill 2020
June 03, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:14): Given I have a similar bill on the Notice Paper and have also called for workers compensation presumptive arrangements under our Return to Work scheme, it is no surprise that the Greens will be supporting this bill today. Indeed,...
Read MoreTreasurer puts COVID-19 Frontline Workers' Job security at peril in Enterprise Bargaining
May 14, 2020
Under pressure from The Greens (as well as Labor and SA Best) in Parliament, Treasurer Rob Lucas refused to rule out removing current job security conditions of pandemic frontline workers in their current enterprise agreement negotiations. For the past months the United Workers Union...
Read MoreSpeech: Imagining the world post-COVID-19 (Matters of Interest)
April 20, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:28): I rise today to make some remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic and the world that we find ourselves in, and the world, in fact, that we can see through this pandemic. As we know, the Prime Minister of the...
Read MoreMotion: Establish a COVID-19 Response Committee
April 08, 2020
Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition): That this council— 1. That a committee, to be called the COVID-19 Response Committee, be appointed to monitor and scrutinise all matters related to the management of the COVID-19 response and any related...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Repeal of Sex Work Offences) Bill
April 08, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18:24): I thank those members who have made a contribution this evening and also those who are willing to serve on the select committee looking at this matter. This is actually quite a different bill from the last one I moved...
Read MoreQuestion: Support for international students during COVID-19
April 08, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:33): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Trade and Investment on the subject of international students. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: As we know in Australia, and prior to...
Read MoreSpeech: Return to Work (COVID-19) Amendment Bill 2020
April 08, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:18): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I rise today to introduce this bill that would extend workers compensation benefits to cover COVID-19. This is a Greens bill being introduced today, and I understand that...
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