New Speaker Andrew Wallace

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (13:32): I must say, Deputy Speaker O’Brien, I was expecting someone else to be in your chair when I rose to speak, because I did want to speak about my good friend the new Speaker, Andrew Wallace. I didn’t know this man before 2016, and that’s not unusual in this place, but…

Economy

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (16:28): Those that sit on the other side of this chamber must be the only people in Australia, it seems, that think Australia has not dodged an economic bomb. The economic management of Australia over the last two years through the pandemic has been quite extraordinary. In fact, almost any other country in…