Oct 19, 2011 | Media, Media Releases
The Government has lost control of the bureaucracy, with tens of thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ funds being wasted on costly testing.A straightforward request for a chair mat, to protect the carpet in Senator Scott Ryan’s electorate office from wear and tear,...
Oct 18, 2011 | Media, Transcripts
Listen to the audio here: 3AW Mornings 21_10_11 Ryan Neil Mitchell: This is extraordinary, how can anybody think it was sensible to spend $100,000 selling two tables that were worth $5000. Senator Ryan: Well Neil, every year I sit back when we have these hearings and...
Oct 18, 2011 | Media, Media Releases
It looks like a conflict of interest, it smells like a conflict of interest, but according to the Government, it is not a conflict of interest. Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition Senator Scott Ryan called on Prime Minister Julia...
Sep 30, 2011 | Media, Transcripts
LYNDAL CURTIS Welcome to Capital Hill. Well the Prime Minister spent her 50th birthday in Melbourne today, part of the day chatting to children. The foreign minister Kevin Rudd was in his electorate reading to children today and Tony Abbott was in Queensland too,...
Sep 30, 2011 | Media, Transcripts
DAVID SPEERS Welcome to the programme. The Prime Minister celebrates her 50th birthday – she may well be wishing for a turn around in her political fortunes. But Labor’s problems have only continued this week with more boats arriving, more miserable polls and a...