PM’s fig leaf has zero chance
PM's fig leaf has zero chance
A monumental backflip
Do you know who said this nine years ago? “Can anyone in this place really imagine that Australia will be processing asylum seeker claims on Nauru in 10 or 20 years?”
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 – Second Reading Speech
Senator Ryan spoke in the Senate about the Government’s failure to protect Australia’s border security and welcomed the re-introduction of some of the Howard Government’s asylum seeker policies.
Matters of Public Importance – Gillard Government
Senator Scott Ryan noted that the ALP – at both state and federal level – is developing a pattern of raising expectations and then breaching promises.
The Australian Financial Review, August 7 2012, Competition makes winners in trade and sport
Senator Scott Ryan writes that robust international competition is vital, not only at the Olympics Games, but in trade as well.
The carbon tax … one month on
August 1, marks a month since the introduction of the carbon tax. The past 31 days have vindicated the Coalition’s campaign against the carbon tax as a bad tax that will hurt families and small businesses. The real proof though, is still a few months away, as power bills for the winter quarter – the first carbon tax quarter – start to land in letter boxes.
Even bureaucrats are wrapped in carbon tax red tape
The Labor Government’s carbon tax is creating so much new regulation bureaucrats have been forced to meet monthly to keep on top of it.
ABC 24 ‘Capital Hill’ with Julie Doyle and Senator Glenn Sterle
Senator Scott Ryan discusses asylum seeker policy, the ALP NSW conference, industrial relations and the Labor-Greens coalition with ABC 24 presenter Julie Doyle and Labor’s Senator Glenn Sterle.
ABC 24 ‘Capital Hill’ with Julie Doyle and Senator Glenn Sterle
Senator Scott Ryan discusses asylum seeker policy, the ALP NSW conference, industrial relations and the Labor-Greens coalition with ABC 24 presenter Julie Doyle and Labor’s Senator Glenn Sterle.
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 17 2012, AEC comes under fire over selection of party donors facing review
The Australian Electoral Commission was forced to defend itself after Senator Scott Ryan revealed that of 250 political donors audited since 2007, only one – the Health Services Union – belongs to the trade union movement.