
While the Labor Party sank further into the mire, the Coalition was busy holding the Government to account in Senate Estimates.

Senator Ryan led debate for the Coalition during the second reading of the Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011.

Saturday, 24 December 2011.
Public servants have shown they know how to party, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in entertainment expenses. While Australians carefully budgeted before Christmas, Senator Scott Ryan called for restraint from those spending taxpayer money in the article Party on the public purse.