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....
Jul 7, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (12:28): I would like to begin by thanking the secretariat for the extraordinary effort in getting this report out under a very tight time line. With the changeover in the Senate and the Senate sitting this week and a number of other committee...
Jul 6, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (12:58): Last June, I spoke in this place about the international furore that followed the alleged flotilla that illegally sought to break the blockade of Hamas controlled Gaza. The news of the last few days, and particularly the last 12 hours,...
May 12, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (12:48): I begin on the point that my colleague Senator Brandis finished on. I have looked through the government’s second reading speech on this bill, and I am struck by the fact that there is no case for change here. As Senator Brandis...
May 11, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (15:21): Well, I have heard everything! If nothing is the responsibility of this government then for some reason they will claim credit for everything. The conceit on the part of this government—claiming credit, as we have heard from previous...
May 11, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (11:23): I will not recap the contribution of Senator Fifield on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Bill 2011 other than to say I am in support of it, particularly his critique of how we got to this point...