Mar 22, 2012 | Senate, Speeches
I would like to draw the chamber and the public’s attention to a couple of facts that will be uncomfortable for the government as it conducts its war on the small business community in Australia. I would like to start with a quote from the former leader of the...
Mar 21, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
STEVE MARTIN: There are apparently in Australia quite a number of people who aren’t on electoral rolls, not several million, but at least a million people who aren’t on the electoral roll, either by accident or by design. There is a parliamentary committee, the...
Mar 20, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
Labor’s lies about small business spread to the Senate today, with the Government continuing to mislead on the number of small businesses who will benefit from company tax cuts. After Treasurer Wayne Swan incorrectly told the House of Representatives yesterday that...
Mar 19, 2012 | Homepage, Media, News Clippings
Senator Scott Ryan is concerned that while the general unemployment rate is low, unemployment in Melbourne’s north and west is far higher than average. It is time that the Labor members in these areas – including Prime Minister Julia Gillard,...
Mar 16, 2012 | Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (13:25): Before I go on to make my contribution to the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills, I would like to clarify and address a few of the myths propagated by those opposite, including the previous speaker. When we hear...
