Matters of Interest
Speech: Federal Voice to Parliament
October 18, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:46): I rise to give my take on the Voice. Saturday was a really hard day. The Greens share the disappointment of those who wanted to see us, as the minister earlier today said, realise the hopes and aspirations of...
Read MoreSpeech: AUKUS Deal (Matters of Interest)
March 22, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:46): I rise today to speak about the AUKUS deal or, indeed, what we know about the AUKUS deal. We do know that $368 billion has been plunged into something that seems incredibly secretive. There is no doubt that all...
Read MoreSpeech: Poker Machines (Matters of Interest)
February 08, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:37): I rise today to speak about the profound harm caused by poker machine gambling. Australia has 76 per cent of the world's non-casino poker machines. Each year, Australians lose over $25 billion on a range of gambling products, and...
Read MoreSpeech: Sportswashing (Matters Of Interest)
October 19, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:46): I rise today to speak about sportswashing. Sportswashing is a deeply concerning practice of large businesses, countries and organisations using their sponsorship of sports and community events to launder their reputations. I want to bring sportswashing to the attention...
Read MoreSpeech: The "Greenslide" and What it Says about Australian Politics (Matter of Interest)
June 14, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:44): I rise to talk about the 'Greenslide' that we have just seen in both the federal and state elections this year, and what that means for politics in Australia moving forward. It is clear that the community's appetite for...
Read MoreSpeech: Public Service (Matter of Interest)
May 06, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:48): I rise today to speak about the ongoing and unacceptable undermining of our Public Service and the buckets of money that are being poured into private-for-profit consultants by successive governments—governments of both sides. The outsourcing of ever-more essential government...
Read MoreSpeech: World Peace Day (Matters of Interest)
September 22, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:20): I rise today to talk about peace and about our priorities, both here in our state and in our nation. At least $2 billion was just squandered on the now scrapped French submarine program in South Australia. It is...
Read MoreSpeech: White Rock Quarry (Matter of Interest)
June 23, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:42): I rise to raise some serious health concerns about the expansion of White Rock Quarry in Adelaide's eastern suburbs. In January this year, the state government commenced a detailed assessment of the submission by Hanson construction materials to expand...
Read MoreSpeech: Wage Theft (Matters of Interest)
February 03, 2021
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:22): I rise to speak about wage theft. Yesterday, Adelaide citizens were horrified to see an incident in Gouger Street in our city, when a young woman simply demanded a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. It is understood...
Read MoreSpeech: Energy Policy
September 23, 2020
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:53): I rise today to speak about the Prime Minister's recently delivered energy address, something that, as The Saturday Paper noted, in almost 5,000 words made 49 references to gas, six references to coal but not a single mention of...
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