Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has spoken in Parliament to call on Health Minister Mark Butler to address the chronic doctor crisis in regional Australia. Mr Ramsey highlighted the devastating news that two doctors working in Cleve have announced they are leaving. “If Eyre Peninsula loses these doctors it leaves more than 7000 patients…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (16:51): Last Friday was an anniversary for me and a number of other people in this place, including the member for Parkes, who is sitting in front of me. We’ve been here for 15 years. For the entire period that I’ve been here, I have been on about the disparity in health…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (21:52): There is a saying: ‘time to pay the piper’—and that’s what this bill, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022, is about. It’s the Labor Party paying its debt to the union movement. It gives them everything they own. The union movement owns the Labor Party; we…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (19:17): I have to say that this agreement by the government to reduce methane output by 30 per cent—and I point out at this stage that 30 per cent of Australia’s methane emissions come from agriculture—just came from nowhere. We had no idea they were going to do it before the election,…
