Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (18:30): This bill, the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2018, is essentially about the Northern Territory. It says so in the title, of course. But it has lessons for all of us. It demonstrates cooperation and common purpose, and I think it’s quite a stride in our relationship with…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (17:51): I rise to speak on this 11th statement on closing the gap. My seat of Grey has around seven or eight per cent Indigenous population, and around 40 per cent of those live in remote communities, in many cases where English is not the first language. All of the remote…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (13:31): Last Saturday in wonderful Port Lincoln, on a beautiful day, we held a small business fair attended by about 50 local business people and also by Senator Anne Ruston and local member Peter Treloar. Businesses there were generally happy with what the government has been doing, particularly around reductions in…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (16:33): Heart disease affects more than 65,000 people throughout Australia, and I can’t tell you how excited I am, and a number of my constituents are, I must say, with last week’s announcement by the government that $26 million will be put towards treatment of and research on childhood heart disease.…
DetailsFederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has today announced the Government will provide $95,000 to the Port Pirie Regional Council to increase community security in the city. The funding has been committed under Round 3 of the Coalition’s $30 million Safer Communities Fund. Mr Ramsey said community safety is paramount in enabling people to…
DetailsFederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has today announced the Government will provide $467,475.00 to the Royal Flying Doctor Service to increase security in remote clinics. The funding has been committed under Round 3 of the Coalition’s $30 million Safer Communities Fund. Mr Ramsey said safety is paramount in enabling people to feel safe…
DetailsFederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he is very pleased the Government will establish the HeartKids Project with $26 million to tackle childhood heart disease. “Heart disease affects more than 65,000 people throughout Australia,” he said. “$20m of this funding will support medical research into the disease which will support our best…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (16:20): The topic of this matter of public importance is that the economy is not working for everyday Australians, and I’m really struck wondering which set of economic indicators those opposite are looking at. Surely it’s not the government’s imminent return to surplus in the coming budget. Surely it’s not…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (19:54): The national dingo fence was established in the 1880s. At 5,624 kilometres long, it is the longest continuous fence in the world. It is essential for the development and protection of livestock industries in the south-east of Australia. Two thousand two hundred kilometres of the fence are located in South…
DetailsFederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey spent a jam-packed day visiting the new areas of his electorate of Grey this week. Mr Ramsey said he has been regularly visiting the southern communities which have become part of Grey as part of the electoral redistribution through the last few months. “It is vitally important…
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