T-Ports Transhipping

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:48): Last Friday, I visited T-Ports at Lucky Bay, on the Eyre Peninsula, with a couple of parliamentary colleagues. T-Ports tranships grain from a relatively shallow port using a highly manoeuvrable small ship with a single 3,400 tonne hold; it’s quite a slick operation. They ship the grain about five kilometres for…

Cybersecurity

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (19:50): We’ve all seen the high-profile cybertheft stories regarding Optus and Medibank Private, and unfortunately that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I’m receiving increasing reports from people who’ve been scammed—losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, people losing their life savings. And recently I was contacted by a service business…

Clontarf

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (09:47): I’d like to speak this morning about Clontarf, the academy for Aboriginal boys, which uses football and sport as a tool to provide stability and purpose in their lives. It’s very good if they produce football champions, but that is not the aim of Clontarf. It was founded by Gerard Neesham…

Agriculture Consideration in Detail

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (19:10): Minister, I’m sure you’re aware of the enormous contribution the farming sector makes to Australia. The sector generates more than $50 billion a year in direct returns and $150 billion in total with the value added if food manufacturing is included. The sector is the backbone of our rural towns, and…

First Nations Voice

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (11:38): I thank the member for bringing this motion forward on the proposal for a Voice to Parliament. I hope that it begins to throw more light on what it is that the government is actually planning to take to the Australian people in the form of a referendum—when that they will…

World Diabetes Day

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:32): On 14 November, it was World Diabetes Day, and I stand here as one of the co-chairs of the parliamentary enemies of diabetes. As I normally do when I begin these speeches, I say diabetes is the leading cause of coronary heart disease, the leading causes of blindness and the leading…

Grey Electorate: Health Care

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:50): I often rise in this place to lament the lack of country doctors, and I must say I’m quite happy today to have a good story to tell. Dr Holly Deer from Crystal Brook in my electorate of Grey has received recognition as GP of the year for SA and NT…