Dog Fence Adjournment Speech

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (19:54): The national dingo fence was established in the 1880s. At 5,624 kilometres long, it is the longest continuous fence in the world. It is essential for the development and protection of livestock industries in the south-east of Australia. Two thousand two hundred kilometres of the fence are located in South…

Lock and Districts Swimming Centre

Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has welcomed the announcement of funding of $45,000 to the Lock and Districts Swimming Centre as part of the second $30 million round of the Federal Government’s Community Sport Infrastructure Program.   Mr Ramsey said he was delighted the club had been successful in its application and would be…

Commonwealth funding to help open Koonibba store

Construction of a store for the community of Koonibba, west of Ceduna in South Australia, is almost complete, thanks to a $635,000 investment under the Coalition Government’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy.   Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, and the Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey, today visited Koonibba to inspect the store, with construction almost finished…

1,000 subsidised jobs and Indigenous service providers for the Community Development Program

Remote Australian job seekers will have more employment opportunities and communities will have more say over how the Community Development Program (CDP) is delivered locally under changes to the program. These changes will be part of the first phase of CDP reforms, which aim to increase CDP participants’ attendance and reduce penalties applied to remote…