Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (19:45): On Monday I attended the funeral of Don Jessop, who was recognised in this chamber on Tuesday. He was the first Liberal member for Grey and was elected as part of Harold Holt’s historic 1966 landslide victory. Don served just one term in his place-he lost his seat in 1969-but…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (13:58): Sadly, currently the electorate of Grey is 29 GPs short. They are an essential part of our rural communities, as are the hospitals that they support. Just 18 months ago we were only 19 short, and I am concerned about the direction in which we are heading. A town without…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he is pleased to announce the Whyalla City Council has secured $364,557 from Round 2 of the Safer Communities Fund for a project which will increase safety in Civic Park. “The grant will enable council to install CCTV and lighting in the park which will increase safety and help…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (16:45): It gives me great pleasure to rise on the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2018-2019. I would have to say that I’ve been in this place 10 years now and back in the electorate there is the best response to a budget I’ve ever met. It’s been a tough decade for…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (11:52): I move: That this House: (1) expresses its support for continued trials into suicide prevention in rural and regional Australia; (2) recognises: (a) the huge toll suicide takes on regional communities; (b) that people in regional areas are more likely to take their own lives than those in metropolitan areas;…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (16:20): Last Friday night I had the great privilege of attending the 90-year celebration of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Port Augusta at their hangar at the Port Augusta base. There was great support from the community. There were hundreds of people crammed in the hangar. We had a great…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey is continuing to seek solutions to the rural doctor shortage impacting in regional areas across Grey and recently met with the National Rural Health Commissioner Professor Paul Worley to discuss the issue. “Currently in the Grey electorate we are 29 doctors short,” Mr Ramsey said. “We have…
Mr Ramsey said he is pleased to see the Remote and Isolated Children’s Exercise (RICE) has received increased funding announced today through the Community Child Care Funding package. “There was some negativity around ongoing funding for RICE, but as I assured the group there was no question funding would be made available, it was…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (11:41): What a great budget and what a great spend on infrastructure. How pleased I am that the government has decided on investing $160 million to co-partner with the new Marshall state government in an 80-20 deal to build a second crossing at Port Augusta, a duplication of the Joy Baluch…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (16:14): I do not support the amendment but I do support the original motion. I’d like to use this as a bit of an opportunity to talk about the NBN rollout, where it is in my electorate at the moment and why we need this legislation. The NBN rollout in Grey…
