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…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (13:40): On the weekend I had the great privilege of opening the art exhibition for the painters of the Flinders Ranges at Wilpena Pound. This group has been operating since 2002, and it features nine highly-skilled artists: the chairman Graham Chapman, Don Gangell, Trevor Hancox, David Chalmers, John Simmons, Elizabeth Collins,…
DetailsMr 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,…
DetailsFederal 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…
DetailsFederal 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…
DetailsFederal 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,”…
DetailsFederal 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…
DetailsMr 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…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (12:50): I’m very pleased to speak on the motion today. I think that renewables are all but certain to become the major supplier of electricity in Australia over the next two or three decades. It’s just a matter of when and at what cost. It was interesting-I actually referred to the…
DetailsMr RAMSEY (Grey–Government Whip) (11:00): Last week, Mr Kunmanara Lester was buried on his ancestral homelands on the APY Lands in South Australia. I am very sorry to have missed the occasion-I was here in parliament. I do express my deepest condolences to his family. I only met Mr Lester twice. I was elected to…
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