Mental Health
Speech: 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: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
October 18, 2024
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Leader of the Government on behalf of the Minister for Health on the subject of transmagnetic stimulation. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Earlier today, 185...
Read MoreGreens call for Immediate Release of Mental Health Unmet Needs Study
July 24, 2023
The Greens have called for the SA Government to urgently release the full Unmet Needs Study commissioned by the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist. The study of mental health unmet needs will reveal the true extent of the mental health needs in South Australia...
Read MoreGreens renew call for State Government to urgently ban harmful conversion practices
June 14, 2023
Following the passing of a Government motion in the upper house today, the Greens have renewed their call for the Government to act urgently on their commitment to legislate to ban conversion practices. According to a 2018 Human Rights Law Centre report, up to...
Read MoreGreens motion calling for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to be included in public health system passes Upper House
June 02, 2023
A Greens motion calling for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) available to all South Australians by including it in the public health system passed the Upper House yesterday afternoon with cross-partisan support. TMS is a form of neurostimulation, which unlike other forms does not require...
Read MoreMotion: TMS to a vote
June 01, 2023
Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. T.A. Franks: That this council— 1. Notes that— (a) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an effective treatment option for some people with major depression; (b) in 2018, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists recommended that...
Read MoreSpeech: Statutes Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis Defence) Bill
February 22, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (17:13): I rise behalf of the Greens to support this bill, a One Nation bill that is in fact very similar to legislation the Greens have previously introduced into this place and clearly an issue of ongoing of concern for...
Read MoreMotion: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
February 08, 2023
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:32): I move: That this council— 1. Notes that— (a) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an effective treatment option for some people with major depression; (b) in 2018, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists recommended that 'TMS...
Read MoreMotion: Legalisation of Cannabis
October 19, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:28): I move: 1. That, in the opinion of this council, a joint committee be appointed to inquire into and report on— (a) the potential impact of legalisation of cannabis in South Australia for adult use with reference to legal...
Read MoreQuestion: Do we have an Office of Industrial Hemp?
July 07, 2022
The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:38): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development a question on the topic of the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis. Leave granted. The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Earlier...
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