Senator Scott Ryan told Parliament the Coalition would support a motion condemning the rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza.

Senator Scott Ryan took note of answers on allegations of corruption by current and former NSW ALP Members of Parliament.

Senator Scott Ryan said Labor is creating the illusion of compassion when it comes to electricity prices. If the Government really cared about lowering power prices, it would cut the carbont tax.

Senator Scott Ryan noted the failure of the Government’s Mining Resource Rent Tax to collect a single dollar in its first quarter.

Senator Scott Ryan said the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’s report on its inquiry into the AEC analysis of the FWA report on the HSU overlooked a number of important matters including Labor and the Greens’ decision to withold 500 pages of evidence from public viewing and the AEC’s auditing processes, which saw it investigate only one trade union in its 256 audits over the past five years.

Senator Scott Ryan criticised the Government’s approach to asylum seekers, which has seen thousands of people arrive at Australia’s borders.

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.

Senator Scott Ryan noted that the ALP – at both state and federal level – is developing a pattern of raising expectations and then breaching promises.

Senator Scott Ryan urged the Government to accept the Coalition’s amendments to the Finance Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No 3) 2012.