Scott Ryan was elected as a Senator for Victoria at the 2007 federal election and re-elected in 2013 and 2016. He served in the Abbott ministry as parliamentary secretary for education, and in the Turnbull ministries as minister for vocational education, special minister of state, and minister assisting the prime minister for Cabinet. In 2017 he was elected the twenty-fifth President of the Senate, the youngest person to ever hold the position. Prior to entering parliament, Scott was a consultant in the health and insurance sectors and in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as working as a speechwriter and political adviser, a tutor in politics, and serving as a research fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours from the University of Melbourne. Scott was born in Brisbane in 1973 and raised and educated in Melbourne, where he lives with his wife Helen and two sons.
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Meet the author: Kevin Bell
The Australian National University
153-11 University Ave, Acton, ACT, Australia
The Hon. Kevin Bell, following introductory remarks by Dr. Liz Allen, will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on his new book Housing .The Great Australian Right, which reimagines ‘the great Australian dream’...
Inside the Dunera: Beyond Conventional Narratives
Jewish Museum of Australia
26 Alma Rd, St Kilda, VIC
Join us to celebrate the launch of Tonia Eckfeld’s No One Knows Their Destiny: The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story, in collaboration with Monash University Publishing. In this panel discussion, Professor Eckfeld will discuss...
Free
Author Talk: No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story
The Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum
2 Murray Street, Sydney, NSW
A moving portrait of two Dunera Boys, from Kristallnacht in Vienna to VE Day in Melbourne, that complicates the traditional story of the Dunera. Popular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys...
Meet the author: Tonia Eckfeld at the Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, NSW
Join us for an afternoon with Tonia Eckfeld, the acclaimed art historian and author of No One Knows Their Destiny. In this compelling work, Eckfeld delves into the deeply personal...
Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival
Katoomba
Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Catch Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival on in November. Find out more here.
Meet the author: Kevin Bell
The Australian National University 153-11 University Ave, Acton, ACT, AustraliaThe Hon. Kevin Bell, following introductory remarks by Dr. Liz Allen, will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on his new book Housing .The Great Australian Right, which reimagines ‘the great Australian dream’...
Inside the Dunera: Beyond Conventional Narratives
Jewish Museum of Australia 26 Alma Rd, St Kilda, VICJoin us to celebrate the launch of Tonia Eckfeld’s No One Knows Their Destiny: The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story, in collaboration with Monash University Publishing. In this panel discussion, Professor Eckfeld will discuss...
Author Talk: No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story
The Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum 2 Murray Street, Sydney, NSWA moving portrait of two Dunera Boys, from Kristallnacht in Vienna to VE Day in Melbourne, that complicates the traditional story of the Dunera. Popular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys...
Meet the author: Tonia Eckfeld at the Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Jewish Museum 148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, NSWJoin us for an afternoon with Tonia Eckfeld, the acclaimed art historian and author of No One Knows Their Destiny. In this compelling work, Eckfeld delves into the deeply personal...
Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival
Katoomba Katoomba, NSW, AustraliaCatch Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival on in November. Find out more here.
