Finance and Public Administration References Committee – Tabling of PBS Report

Aug 17, 2011 | Speeches

Senator RYAN (Victoria) (16:31): I present the report of the Finance and Public Administration References Committee on the administration of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee....

A year of tears for small business

Aug 17, 2011 | Media Releases

Today’s ACCI Small Business Survey confirms that small business conditions and expectations continue to fall, continuing the trend of the past year. Profit growth, sales revenue and selling prices were all in decline, as was investment in buildings, structures...

Government cuts compliance burden… but only for itself

Aug 2, 2011 | Media Releases

Last Friday, while no one was looking, Julia Gillard quietly announced that the Government was planning to exempt itself from its own red tape, despite continuing to tie everyone else down with it. Julia Gillard exempted her own Government’s responses to the Henry Tax...

Righting some serious wrongs

Jul 29, 2011 | Articles

See the attached file for a copy of Senator Ryan’s article ‘Righting some serious wrongs” which featured in the July 29 edition of The Australian Jewish News. The Australian Jewish News_29.07.11 Last June, I spoke in Parliament about the...

Special Sunday carbon tax update

Jul 10, 2011 | Newsletters

Earlier today Julia Gillard launched her carbon tax – despite her explicit promise not to do so before the last election.  It was immediately clear that this illustrates how Labor cannot be trusted. The real story is in what Julia Gillard didn’t tell...