Mr RAMSEY (Grey) (13:39): The government has introduced legislation regarding two weeks leave for domestic and family violence. I’d like to lay on the record that I am supportive of the concept, but I am not supportive of the concept that it should be funded by the employer. I think there is a whole lot of…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey) (21:07): I must say, as I stand here today as the member for Grey but also the member for Ceduna, how saddened, deeply apprehensive and angry I am about the gutting of the cashless debit card. To understand the origin of the cashless debit card, I think the House needs to know about…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey) (17:31): This bill purports to be about territory rights. It is, in my view, a very clean handball. It is in fact about voluntary euthanasia. I think there is only one outstanding issue around state rights, or territory rights in this case, and it is voluntary euthanasia. As you would well know, Madam…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey) (11:45): I thank the member for Mayo for bringing this important issue forward. Certainly I would have to say in the last six or 12 months as I’ve travelled around my electorate the No. 1 issue when I walk into a business has been, ‘We can’t get enough workers.’ It’s repeated whether it’s…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey) (19:03): Deputy Speaker Claydon, I, like many others, add my congratulations to your elevation to that position. The address-in-reply by Governor-General David Hurley is good reading. It was good to listen to, and I listened to it intently. I’d like to thank him for that contribution. It’s obviously a document prepared on government…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey) (16:31): Sadly, I’m not quite sure that the new government is actually getting the urgency of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia, including in Bali. Last week I attended a briefing from the minister. I learned something from that briefing: if we get an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Australia—just one outbreak—our…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (13:53): This morning the House witnessed a valedictory from a highly talented, progressive young woman, my friend and fellow Whip, member for Boothby, Nicolle Flint. Nicolle will be remembered for the many things she’s done in this place over the last six years, perhaps most notably for her campaign on endometriosis, which…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (17:47): I rise to speak on the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Loans Scheme Enhancements) Bill 2021. I totally reject the amendment put forward by the previous member, which frames the government as having failed badly on pensioners and older people in Australia. I reject that entirely, but I think…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (12:53): This is a great program, particularly if you’re responsible for an electorate like Grey, with thousands and thousands of kilometres of road that needs maintenance and, in some cases, upgrading. This program alone has delivered $82.8 million to the electorate of Grey. It comes amongst— A division having been called in…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (13:59): Last week, I was very pleased to participate in the opening of the Willowie Forest bike and walking trails, which are in the southern Flinders, between Melrose and Wirrabara. They are part of the Remarkable Southern Flinders Project, a $10 million project, with 50 per cent funded by the state and…
