Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has led a push in Federal Parliament this week to improve the health warnings on liquified petroleum gas (LPG) bottles. Mr Ramsey wants to see backyard barbecue gas bottles include a warning that inhalation may cause death. Similar warnings are already on many other household items such as deodorant…
The 2020-21 Federal Budget is totally focused on getting Australians back to work and will provide a huge boost to right across the electorate the Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said today. He said the Budget was funding important local infrastructure, supporting people into jobs and providing incentives to industry to invest in people and…
Ten projects across Grey will receive more than $9.5m in Australian Government funding under Round 5 of the Bridges Renewal Program (BRP) and Round 7 of the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program (HVSPP). Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said the timing could not be better to see funding flow into regional areas to…
The Strzelecki Track is to be sealed from one end to the other under a deal reached between the Federal and State Governments the Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey announced today. “This is an exciting project and one which I have been campaigning for for more than six years. It gives a certain degree of…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (13:43): I apologise to OZ Minerals. Last Friday, they invited me to participate in an on-site inspection of Carrapateena, their newest mine, which is in the eastern portion of the Gawler Craton. OZ Minerals has operated for close to 20 years at Prominent Hill, a mine that has gone 10 years past…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (12:52): I rise to support the original motion but not the amendment. I congratulate the Mirarr people on the decisions and the pressure they have put to bring about this outcome for their people. They are going to convert Jabiru from a mining town into a tourism town. I’ve often thought that…
Mr RAMSEY (Grey—Government Whip) (16:05): Next Thursday we’ll mark the opening of the $10.1 million upgrade of the Port Lincoln Leisure Centre. I’ll give a little history on the Port Lincoln Leisure Centre. It was built as a public facility out at the marina quite some time ago. It hit hard times. Council sold it off…
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. “This funding provides much needed support to regional television, newspaper and radio outlets during COVID-19,” he said “The Plains Producer, which is a…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said it was good news for all South Australian sheep producers that the first section of the rebuilding of the State’s Dog Fence is has been completed. Mr Ramsey inspected the completed section of fence on Tuesday with a group of pastoralists. “I am really…
Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said it was good news for all South Australian sheep producers that the first section of the rebuilding of the State’s Dog Fence is has been completed. Mr Ramsey inspected the completed section of fence on Tuesday with a group of pastoralists. “I am really excited to see…