Funding Boost for Local News in Mid North

  Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he is very pleased to announce funding through the Public Interest News Gathering (PING) program for the Plains Producer newspaper based in Balaklava. “The local newsprint industry is one that has been really smashed by COVID-19 with greatly reduced revenues and even newsworthy events to report on,”…

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Hydrogen Energy

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (17:51): Green hydrogen offers great hope, not just for Australia but for the world, when it comes to the task of the transformation of our energy network—the shift from fossil fuel to renewables. Sitting suspended from 17:51 to 17:56 Mr RAMSEY: As I was saying, the important thing about transition is that the price of the renewable…

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More than $27,000 for Men’s Sheds in Grey

The Australian Government is continuing to support the health and wellbeing of men in Grey electorate through grants of more than $27,000 under the 20th funding round of the National Shed Development Programme. Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey welcomed the decision by the Australian Government to award the five Men’s Sheds around Grey with…

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E-newsletter COVID Update

This is a short e-news to update you on restrictions that are being lifted in South Australia today and to give information to local Agricultural Societies who have not been able to go ahead with planned shows due to COVID-19. As of today the density requirements for all defined public activities will be 1 person per 2 square…

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Constituency Statement Regional Airport Funding

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (10:25): I’m very pleased to discuss the fact that the Grey electorate received seven separate grants under the recent Regional Airports Program. Two of them, Orroroo and Quorn, are for fencing and lighting. The fencing is to keep vermin off the strips. Down at Jamestown, we have an installation going in…

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PMB Diabetes

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (11:42): I move: That this House: (1) notes that there are: (a) 1.3 million Australians with diabetes registered on the National Diabetes Services Scheme, with over 280 new people diagnosed and registered each day and an estimated 500,000 Australians with type 2 diabetes which remain undiagnosed; and (b) an estimated 2…

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