Jun 22, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (5:19 PM) —I may have only been here for a little under two years, but every so often I see a new low reached. It seems that, no matter what the issue, those opposite seek to throw around the words ‘Work Choices’. Representatives of the...
Jun 21, 2010 | Speeches
As Deputy Chair of the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Senator Ryan participated in the Committee’s inquiry into the Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010. Further information about the inquiry, including the...
Jun 21, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (4:27 PM) —It is during debates like this that I am tempted to put in a request for one of those ticker screens to go up on the wall of the Senate chamber next to the clock so that when we hear phrases like ‘playing politics’ and ‘fear...
Jun 15, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (7:53 PM) —Several weeks ago we were informed that Israel had allegedly outrageously intervened to stop a so-called peace flotilla, with commandos launching themselves at a peaceful armada seeking nothing more than to take humanitarian aid to...
May 14, 2010 | Speeches
Senator Ryan chaired the Inquiry into Native Vegetation Laws, Greenhouse Gas Abatement and Climate Change Measures holding public hearings across Australia and receiving over 300 submissions. To read the final report of the Committee, or for more information, click...
May 12, 2010 | Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria) (3:25 PM) —I am amazed by the gumption of the government. This government that has run up a level of debt that was unprecedented two years ago walked into the building yesterday and claimed credit for that debt being $50 billion less than it...
