May 23, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
The Office of National Assessments, which reports direct to the Prime Minister and is Julia Gillard’s principal source of assessments on international developments, has downgraded its focus on Europe and the Americas at a time when European instability threatens...
May 22, 2012 | Homepage, Media, News Clippings
Following questioning from Senator Scott Ryan during Senate Estimates, the Governor-General’s office confirmed that former ALP speechwriter and controversial columnist Bob Ellis helped Quentin Bryce pen her Melbourne Cup speech. The story was reported by The...
May 21, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
Senator Scott Ryan has expressed regret that Qantas has chosen to cut 500 jobs and has called on the Federal Government to do more to support Australian jobs. With many of the Qantas workers at Tullamarine and Avalon coming from Melbourne’s western suburbs, Senator...
May 15, 2012 | Articles, Homepage, Media
Senator Scott Ryan untangles the myths surrounding government debt and looks at the accounting tricks the Gillard Government uses in his Modest Members column When debt really is something owed.
May 10, 2012 | Homepage, Senate, Speeches
Here we have it again: another year, another increase in borrowings; another year, yet more put on the national credit card. Year after year, in all my time here, we have seen government ministers come in here and make devout promises, putting their hand on the Bible...