Mar 23, 2015 | Homepage, Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria—Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education and Training) (12:10): When I was on the flight home to Melbourne last Friday morning with a number of colleagues from this chamber and the other place, we all turned our phones on as we...
Mar 19, 2015 | Homepage, Senate, Speeches
The details of the Succession to the Crown Bill are well known and have been outlined by my colleagues who have spoken before me today. It ends male preference primogeniture in the right to the throne, it lifts the long prohibition on marrying Catholics for those in...
Feb 12, 2015 | Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria—Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education) (15:10): I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Senator Cash, to a question without...
Nov 25, 2014 | Homepage, Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria—Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education) (16:03): I rise to speak on this motion moved by Senator Siewert. I would like to address a couple of the things raised by Senator Di Natale in the course of my contribution. I note the...
Oct 29, 2014 | Homepage, Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria—Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education) (15:11): It is always a pleasure to follow Senator Cameron in a debate after question time. However, I got the sense that Senator Cameron’s heart was not quite in it this afternoon. I...
Sep 23, 2014 | Homepage, Senate, Speeches
Senator RYAN (Victoria—Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education) (15:08): Here we are today witnessing the latest in Labor’s confected scare campaigns about the budget. Labor had two approaches before last year’s election. Both were cruel. We...
