Diabetes

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:42): As many would know, I am the co-chair of the ‘parliamentary enemies of diabetes’. I’m joined by my co-chair, the member for Moreton. Today I’m here to inform the House that I’ve just put on a constant glucose monitor—about two hours ago. Thirty minutes ago my blood sugar content was 4.2…

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Live Animal Exports

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (16:42): Earlier today people from the Keep the Sheep campaign were in Canberra and met with the coalition backbench. I congratulate the 15 or so Western Australians that have come here for the Senate debate on this very, very important subject. There is no doubt, and no doubt in their minds or…

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Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024, Nature Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024, Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (19:11): I open these comments by saying I support the amendments put forward by the opposition. I’ve become increasingly concerned that Australian environmental evangelists are intent on shutting down our economy. Australia has one of the world’s highest standards of living, and I think it behoves us to reflect on how we…

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Energy Matters of Public Importance

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (16:02): In Australia we are told that renewables are the cheapest form of energy—the cheapest form of electricity at least. In South Australia—on the mainland; apart from Tassie Hydro—we lead the nation with 71.5 per cent of our electricity grid delivered from renewables last year. Second is Victoria, with 36.8 per cent.…

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Port Augusta Energy Plan

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (16:30): Last Wednesday, the former Northern Power Station site at Port Augusta in South Australia was announced as one of the coalition’s planned nuclear reactor sites. I met with the mayor of Port Augusta, Linley Shine, yesterday and went through some of those plans. I was very pleased with at least her…

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Live Sheep Export- Private Member’s Motion Ramsey

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (11:31): I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) Australia’s live sheep export industry employs more than 3,500 people in Western Australia and is worth $85 million in direct payments to producers with an assumed multiplier effect close to $300 million; (b) Australia has developed world-leading animal welfare standards which are…

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Education: Rural and Regional Australia

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (10:47): Last Friday, I attended the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association annual general meeting in South Australia. Quorn is about 340 kilometres north of Adelaide in my electorate, and I try and attend these meetings most years. They have not a huge crowd but have some people that look after some of the…

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Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024, Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Charges Bill 2024, Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies and Charges Collection Bill 2024

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (18:02): Might I say to the member for Riverina, ‘Hear, hear!’ This is a terrible policy being put forward by the Labor government. Despite its rhetoric, it’s pretty clear that the current government has a pretty low regard for people in agriculture. I’m going to take you through a bit of list…

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South Australia’s First Nations Voice

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (15:03): Last weekend South Australia conducted its first election for an Indigenous voice to parliament. One hundred and thirteen candidates stood for 46 positions in six local regions. Once elected, each committee will choose two representatives to sit on the state voice, which will be given the opportunity twice a year to…

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PMB CDC

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:23): The cashless debit card was removed in Ceduna in November 2022. Minister Rishworth has accused the coalition of playing politics over its latest allegations about lawlessness in Ceduna. She says, ‘There is no evidence or data the cashless debit card has worked, and Mr Ramsey’s comments are misleading.’ I’ve had more…

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Tod Highway

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (16:24): I’m disappointed, but not surprised, at the communication from the South Australia’s transport department to the Lower Eyre Peninsula Council that the proposed and approved passing lanes on the Tod Highway south of Cummins are not going ahead because—guess what? They’ve run out of money, despite the fact that the previous…

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Petition 60-day-dispensing

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:48): I present a petition that has been considered by the Petitions Committee and found to be in order. The principal petitioner, my constituent Barbara Shearer of Cleve, has collected 144 signatures to support a petition urging the government to reconsider its decision to introduce 60-day dispensing, which disproportionately impacts regional pharmacies.…

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Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024, Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living—Medicare Levy) Bill 2024

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (19:00): Just as the schoolchildren of the 19th century chanted, the collective pants of this Labor government are on fire. From the first time Mr Albanese and his Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, used the weasel words, ‘We have not changed our position,’ when pressed on tax cuts, we can assume they had already…

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Condolence Barry Hugh Wakelin OAM

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (19:50): I take this opportunity to acknowledge the life and the contribution of Barry Hugh Wakelin, OAM, my predecessor and former Liberal Member for Grey from 1993 to 2007, who passed away on 19 December last year following a devastating cancer diagnosis. Barry was born in my hometown of Kimba in South…

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O’Donoghue, Dr Lowitja, AC, CBE, DSG

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:53): I rise to acknowledge an extraordinary Australian, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, who was born in my electorate of Grey and passed away 4 February at age 91. Dr O’Donoghue was a Yankunytjatjara woman who was born in Indulkana—in what is now the APY Lands—in northern South Australia, and was the youngest of five.…

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Ceduna- constituency statement

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (16:18): It gives me no pleasure to be here today raising the issue, once again, of Ceduna. It’s a beautiful town in the far west of my electorate, with a population of about 3,200, 25 per cent of whom are Indigenous. It also services a number of outlying remote Indigenous communities—Oak Valley…

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World Diabetes Day

Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Opposition Whip) (13:30): Today is World Diabetes Day, and I am co-chair of the Parliamentary ‘enemies of diabetes’ Group with my friend the member for Moreton, Graham Perrett, who we will be hearing from in a moment. In 2023 the campaign focuses on the importance of knowing the risk of type 2 diabetes, to…

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