Industrial Relations & Public Sector
Question: Reproductive Leave
June 06, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Industrial Relations and the Public Sector on the topic of reproductive leave for the public sector. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Reproductive leave...
Read MoreSpeech: Work Health and Safety (Review Recommendations) Amendment Bill
June 04, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise on behalf of the Greens to indicate our support for the Work Health and Safety (Review Recommendations) Amendment Bill 2024. It is worth considering the context in which this debate happens: 300 South Australians died at work between...
Read MoreSpeech: South Australian Employment Tribunal
May 17, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise on behalf of the Greens to speak in support of the Statutes Amendment (South Australian Employment Tribunal) Bill. SAET is the independent umpire for workplace disputes. Timely court proceedings are critically important where maintaining workplace relationships and contracts...
Read MoreSpeech: Parliament Joint Services Clerk Amendment Bill
May 03, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to conclude my comments on this piece of legislation, the private member's bill in my name. I do so with updated information, which I was hoping to have had previously but now have to hand, and that is...
Read MoreSpeech: Green Bans
May 02, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise to observe that today is May Day and pay tribute not just to May Day and the workers but to the green bans, as relevant as they ever were. The workers united will never be defeated. 'Intersectionality' might...
Read MoreQuestion: Harassment in the Parliamentary Workplace
May 02, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Attorney-General, representing the Special Minister of State, on the topic of implementation of the equal opportunity commissioner's recommendations on sexual harassment in the parliamentary workplace. Leave...
Read MoreSex Work is Work
May 01, 2024
The SA Greens condemn the SA Liberals’ attempts to undermine the safety of sex workers this May Day. This afternoon, the Leader of the Opposition of the Legislative Council will progress a bill to a vote that will make the industry less safe for...
Read MoreSpeech: Return to Work (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Amendment
April 11, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I rise today on behalf of the Greens to stand in firm support of this bill put forward by the Hon. Frank Pangallo. There is no denying that our first responders are often faced with difficult and potentially traumatic circumstances...
Read MoreMotion: Parliament (Joint Services) (Clerks) Amendment Bill
March 22, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Obtained leave and introduced a bill for an act to amend the Parliament (Joint Services) Act 1985 and to make a related amendment to the Constitution Act 1934. Read a first time. Second Reading The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I move:...
Read MoreQuestion: Review of Harassment in the South Australian Parliament Workplace
March 22, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Public Sector on the topic of the equal opportunity commissioner's recommendations about the parliamentary workplace. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Recommendation 14 of...
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