Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (17:46): Spoken like a true member for Canberra! Let me say to the member for Canberra: it’s not all about Canberra. There are other people in this nation-I represent quite a sizable slice of them-that actually don’t see Canberra as the answer to everything. Every now and then they actually even…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (19:00): I’m sad to announce that I don’t really have a great grievance! I’m more happy than anything this evening. That’s because, last Thursday, the Minister for Social Services, Alan Tudge, tabled the final report on the Ceduna and East Kimberley cashless debit card. Wow, what great results! This is really…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (10:39): Sometimes I’m asked why I’m in parliament and asked: ‘What do you achieve?’ Last Friday was a graphic example of what can be done when people work together, and that is the handover of the Arrium assets to Liberty House-GFG Alliance-and one Sanjeev Gupta, a British citizen. So in Whyalla…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (10:54): To the member for Makin, it’s a pity they hadn’t put the money up then-that’s all I can say. But I thank the member for Wakefield for bringing this motion forward. He must be very pleased with his work. But before it got into the House we’d acted on it,…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said the day to pop the champaign corks was finally here and he was delighted to be in Whyalla for the formal handover of the Arrium keys to Sanjeev Gupta, Executive Chairman of Liberty House and celebrating along with entire city. “Today lifts a huge load off…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has welcomed ARENA’s support of a 30MW, 8MWh battery to be installed on southern Yorke Peninsula at the Dalrymple sub-station. “The Commonwealth will contribute $12m of the total $30m cost of the facility,” Mr Ramsey said. “This battery is more about frequency modulation than bulk storage…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he welcomes the launch a new ‘Get the Facts about Immunisation’ campaign to encourage Australian parents and carers to get their children vaccinated. “We know parents want evidence based information to support decision making about childhood vaccinations, so we’re making it easier to ‘get the facts’ about immunisation,”…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (19:54): Today in South Australia there was a rather significant announcement for my electorate with the state government announcing that they had done a deal on a purchase for renewable energy with a company called SolarReserve. SolarReserve have a solar-thermal concentrating facility in Nevada, which I’ve visited, where they store energy…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said today he welcomes the announcement by the South Australian Government of an electricity purchase deal which will lead to the construction of a 150 megawatt solar thermal plant at Port Augusta. “Over the past couple of years I have worked closely with several proponents looking to construct…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (13:50): Along with Senator Anne Ruston, I’m very pleased today to host a delegation from my Upper Spencer Gulf cities of Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla. Mayors, CEOs and councillors came to Canberra to lobby for a range of projects for that part of my electorate, that part of South…
