Panel with Chris Uhlmann and Andrew Leigh MP

Oct 27, 2010 | Video

Senator Scott Ryan debating Andrew Leigh MP on ABC News 24, 27 October 2010. For a transcript, click here. This debate aired on ABC News 24 at 4:30pm, 27 October 2010.

Matters of Public Interest – The Government’s Mismanagement of the Budget

Oct 26, 2010 | Speeches

Senator RYAN (Victoria) (4:13 PM) —I rise to support the matter of public importance on the government’s mismanagement of the budget. What a performance. I note in the list of all the programs that Senator Furner mentioned then there was one that went missing—in fact,...

Hard Labor for Small Business

Oct 25, 2010 | Small Business Newsletter

Small business has been doing it tough since Labor was elected in 2007. The number of small businesses in Australia dropped by over 24,000 from June 2007 to June 2009. See for yourself: Labor are making this worse by burdening small business with being the pay clerk...

Full hit of GFC on Australian business revealed

Oct 22, 2010 | News Clippings

Just how badly, or well, businesses survived the global financial crisis and other economic turmoil of the past two years is evident from new official figures. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows in the two years from June 2007 – encompassing the boom and...

Small Business Does Two Years of Hard Labor

Oct 21, 2010 | Media Releases

Figures released by the ABS today (cat. 8165.0) have confirmed Labor’s sustained attack on the small business sector is taking its toll on small business numbers and people in Australia. In a period dominated by the Labor Government (June 2007- June 2009), the...