Oct 29, 2014 | Homepage, Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria—Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education) (15:11): It is always a pleasure to follow Senator Cameron in a debate after question time. However, I got the sense that Senator Cameron’s heart was not quite in it this afternoon. I...
Oct 28, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topics: Fuel excise indexation, Australian troops in the Middle East. E&OE… Rafael Epstein So the Federal Government is going to reintroduce indexation to your fuel tax bill – it means your fuel tax bill is going up. Is it an essential new tax – something we...
Oct 25, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Check against delivery Thank you for the invitation to join you tonight. At the outset, let me congratulate JCI on 81 years of operation in Australia and note that over your 81 years, Australian JCI alumni have an impressive record of public service. Some of your...
Oct 24, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topics: ‘P-Tech’ school pilot programme. E&OE… Tom Elliott In America they have these schools called ‘P-Tech’. They’re essentially – well there’s one of them in Brooklyn in New York, a school that’s run by IBM. Now it is openly run by a corporation, in this case...
Oct 22, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topics: Death of Gough Whitlam, ISIL video targeting Australia, Immigration and border protection. E&OE… Chris Hammer We are joined now in the studio by Labor’s Ed Husic and Liberal Senator Scott Ryan. Good morning, gentlemen. First, Parliament’s normal...
Oct 17, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
Australia’s first ever online mental health service for young people affected by cancer was officially launched today by Senator the Hon Scott Ryan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, on behalf of Health Minister Peter Dutton. Senator Ryan said the...