Nov 22, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (3:24 PM) —In the previous contribution on the motion to take note of answers given at question time, Senator Hutchins tried to talk about the government having a big picture. The only big picture this government has is the big picture of the...
Nov 17, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (7:00 PM) —Tonight I rise to speak about a conference I attended in Canada last week. I attended the second conference of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism. The second conference was held in Ottawa last week after the...
Nov 16, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (3:17 PM) —I almost feel sorry for the Manager of Government Business, Senator Ludwig, when he has to come here and defend this government’s management of the legislative program—that is, until he starts talking about the opposition. I think it...
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,...
Sep 29, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (5:18 PM)—As always, it has been nothing short of an extraordinary contribution from Senator Cameron. I find it difficult to sit here with a straight face and be told by a member of the Labor Party how bad it would be for workers to be made...
Jun 23, 2010 | Speeches
As Chairman of the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Senator Ryan recently chaired the Committee’s inquiry into the government’s COAG health announcements. Further information about the inquiry, including the final report, can...
