Nov 17, 2011 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Neil Mitchell: Opposition senator, Senator Scott Ryan good morning. Senator Scott Ryan: Morning Neil. Mitchell: Did you have a good time? Senator Ryan: It was actually a really nice dinner with 600 of my nearest and dearest friends and I was down in the cheap seats...
Nov 16, 2011 | Media, Transcripts
Neil Mitchell: Even for a mere politician like yourself, how many passes do you need to get in there? Senator Scott Ryan: I got an invitation that looks almost like a wedding invitation that was printed that says I am invited for dinner in honour of Barack Obama,...
Nov 8, 2011 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Ashleigh Gillon: The goal to return to a surplus is more of a political goal, he [Saul Eslake] suggests it is not crucial to the nation’s economy for a surplus to be achieved in 2012-13, is Labor too worried about the political fallout of not achieving that goal? Of...
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...
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...