Mar 21, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (5:47 PM) —Debate on the Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 and the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 was adjourned to allow the Senate Economics...
Mar 2, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (4:13 PM) —Where to begin? If only eight minutes were enough. It is not going to be, but I am sure my colleague Senator Back will follow it up. I will move onto what we have just heard soon. What we see from the Labor Party is an attempt at all...
Feb 10, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (4:32 PM) —It is a pleasure to join and conclude this discussion after what, I have to admit, I thought were not particularly passionate speeches from members of the government. I am not quite sure if they believed them themselves. After the...
Feb 9, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (11:38 AM) —It is a pleasure to join the debate on the address-in-reply and support the amendment moved by Senator Abetz. The address-in-reply is a rare opportunity to address the entirety of the government rather than any single measure or, in...
Feb 8, 2011 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (7:24 PM) —I stand to speak tonight in support of the motion moved by Senator Conroy and to endorse the comments of my colleagues in this place. Two years ago in my first month in this place the parliament and nation came together to...
Nov 23, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (5:19 PM) —It is with pleasure that I follow my colleague Senator Bernardi’s fine contribution on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010. That is an Orwellian title if ever there was one,...
