Mar 2, 2012 | Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (12:10): I present the report of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee on the operation of the Lobbying Code of Conduct and the Lobbyist Register, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to...
Mar 2, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Newsletters
The Labor Government barely left one crisis behind before lurching to a new one this week – its latest predicament surrounds a successor for soon-to-be-retired senator Mark Arbib Rather than getting caught up in their spiteful clashes, this week, my Liberal...
Mar 1, 2012 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
The Lobbyists’ Register is operating as it should and calls by the Greens to set up a new bureaucracy to deal with lobbyists should be dismissed. Chair of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee Senator Scott Ryan presented a report on the Operation...
Feb 28, 2012 | Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (18:56): I rise to support the motion moved by Senator Cash with respect to the Commonwealth Grants Commission Report on GST revenue sharing relativities : 2012 update. I can say, as a former student in this area, that horizontal fiscal...
