Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:33): I commend those comments. It’s only 26 days until Anzac Day, and this will be my last opportunity in the chamber to actually say something before Anzac Day rather than after. It has become perhaps our most important national day, and I’m looking forward to 25 April and being out and…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (17:36): I’m grateful for the member’s comments. I also support the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023, which provides an improved card to replace the BasicsCard, it must be said. However, the tragedy is that the SmartCard is, by any measurement, a direct replacement for the cashless debit card;…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has called on the Government to commit funding to continue the duplication of the Augusta Highway begun by the Coalition Government in a speech to Parliament on Monday. “As a Government we had an amazing record of investment in roads right across the electorate of Grey delivering more than…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (20:43): The rise of atmospheric CO2 levels from 290 parts per million in about 1900 to 414 in 2021 is indisputable. The last time CO2 reached these levels in the atmosphere was about four million years ago. While the effects of these levels on the environment are debatable, most would agree it’s…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (09:42): I’d like to thank Senator Matt Canavan very much for his perseverance in getting the Senate’s Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee to do a year-long study into the closure of regional and rural banks. We’ve been particularly hard hit in South Australia and in the electorate of Grey.…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (12:11): Before I begin on the content of the bill, I might advise the member for Jagajaga to have a look at when Ford Australia and Mitsubishi Australia decided to pack up and leave the car manufacturing industry in this country, because it certainly wasn’t under a coalition watch. Then to come…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (16:13): Last week, I was very pleased to attend the opening of the new Balaklava pool. It was the first time that the kids in Balaklava had been able to have a swim for three years. It was funded under the BBRF—50 per cent funding, of about $1.58 million. I congratulate Mayor…
