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<\/a>Table of contents<\/h3>\nCentenary of the Queensland progressives.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 6, 2015) – Turbulent times.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 5, 2015) – Reverse Newmanism.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 4, 2015) – Bad call.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 3, 2015) – The Rick Williams dirt files.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 2, 2015) –\u00a0Queensland racing boards abolished.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 1, 2015) – House of Newman clothing range up for sale.<\/a><\/h6>\n(May 31, 2015) – Qld Koalas on vulnerable list.<\/a><\/h6>\n.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Centenary](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CentenaryReception1-214x300.jpg?resize=214%2C300\")
<\/a>Centenary reception for Premier T.J. Ryan, June 1, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n
Centenary of the Queensland progressives<\/h2>\n
One hundred years has elapsed since the swearing in of Thomas Joseph Ryan as Queensland Premier, Chief Secretary, and Attorney-General. Born in Victoria in 1876<\/a>, T.J. Ryan became\u00a0a teacher and\u00a0barrister. Much of his work\u00a0revolved around workers compensation cases which brought him in contact with many union and shearer clients. This triggered his political interest and he joined the Labor Party in 1904. Simplicity in law\u00a0was his goal for clients; “words should be used that would not only be understood, but which could not be misunderstood”.<\/p>\nHe saw the “natural allies” of the Labor Party as the community’s\u00a0most disadvantaged and sought public policy\u00a0to overcome\u00a0the entrenched interests of capitalism and its exploitation of the population by the wealthy.\u00a0Under\u00a0the Ryan Government the Labor Party found its feet in Australia. There had been a previous Queensland Labor government but not\u00a0with a majority to rule in its own right. The state and country were\u00a0run\u00a0by a loose arrangement of parties, sometimes groups of conservatives granting support to Labor and vice versa.<\/p>\n
However, under Ryan, Queensland and Australia start to see emerge the\u00a0real progressive movement. The spark ignites those\u00a0big \u00a0Labor social and workplace reforms. Occupational health and safety, Workcover and safe work practices are all policies that can be traced back to Ryan initiatives. He also ensured\u00a0that women were allowed to become MPs.\u00a0A multitude of\u00a0platforms sets\u00a0up Labor to govern\u00a0Queensland from 1915 to 1929.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Plaque on the statue dedicated to Premier TJ Ryan.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ryan was also the national voice challenging the World War I conscription policy of Labor Prime Minster Billy Hughes\u00a0(later National Labor Party and yet later Nationalist Party). Bitter verbal battles between the two ensued over 1916-17. Hughes even went so far as to trial Ryan on a conspiracy charge. Ryan simply met this with contempt of parliament charges.\u00a0Ryan was frequently accused by his enemies as “a stooge of the Industrial Workers of the World, a tool of Sinn Fein, a friend of Germany (and later of the Bolsheviks).”<\/a><\/p>\nBy 1919, Ryan had resigned his premiership and set his sights on federal leadership. However, a bout of Spanish flu contracted in the same year finally caught up with him in 1921 on the campaign trail. Dead at 45, some reports say he literally worked himself to death, not allowing himself time to recover from his illness, giving too much of himself to public life. His body was carried past crowds from his place of death in\u00a0Barcaldine to Brisbane for burial in Toowong cemetery.<\/p>\n
A three metre bronze statue of Ryan was unveiled in 1925 and stands in Queen’s Park in Brisbane city. The federal seat of Ryan in Queensland is named after him. The Ryan medal is awarded to the highest pass in the state’s scholarship examination.<\/p>\n
Ryan’s reformation touches\u00a0Queensland today. The TJ Ryan Foundation<\/a> was established as a progressive think tank to research public policy and includes board members such as Professor \u00a0John Quiggin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane<\/a>.\u00a0In the lead up to the centenary, Cochrane\u00a0wrote a paper exploring Ryan’s dramatic push for change and his difficulties with the now defunct Queensland\u00a0Legislative Council:\u00a0T.J. Ryan – A Centenary Note<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nWonderful to address the @TJRyanFdn<\/a> on the 100th anniversary of the election of the Ryan Labor Govt. #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/502VyPodhI<\/a><\/p>\n— AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(June 6, 2015) – Turbulent times.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 5, 2015) – Reverse Newmanism.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 4, 2015) – Bad call.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 3, 2015) – The Rick Williams dirt files.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 2, 2015) –\u00a0Queensland racing boards abolished.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 1, 2015) – House of Newman clothing range up for sale.<\/a><\/h6>\n(May 31, 2015) – Qld Koalas on vulnerable list.<\/a><\/h6>\n.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Centenary reception for Premier T.J. Ryan, June 1, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n
Centenary of the Queensland progressives<\/h2>\n
One hundred years has elapsed since the swearing in of Thomas Joseph Ryan as Queensland Premier, Chief Secretary, and Attorney-General. Born in Victoria in 1876<\/a>, T.J. Ryan became\u00a0a teacher and\u00a0barrister. Much of his work\u00a0revolved around workers compensation cases which brought him in contact with many union and shearer clients. This triggered his political interest and he joined the Labor Party in 1904. Simplicity in law\u00a0was his goal for clients; “words should be used that would not only be understood, but which could not be misunderstood”.<\/p>\nHe saw the “natural allies” of the Labor Party as the community’s\u00a0most disadvantaged and sought public policy\u00a0to overcome\u00a0the entrenched interests of capitalism and its exploitation of the population by the wealthy.\u00a0Under\u00a0the Ryan Government the Labor Party found its feet in Australia. There had been a previous Queensland Labor government but not\u00a0with a majority to rule in its own right. The state and country were\u00a0run\u00a0by a loose arrangement of parties, sometimes groups of conservatives granting support to Labor and vice versa.<\/p>\n
However, under Ryan, Queensland and Australia start to see emerge the\u00a0real progressive movement. The spark ignites those\u00a0big \u00a0Labor social and workplace reforms. Occupational health and safety, Workcover and safe work practices are all policies that can be traced back to Ryan initiatives. He also ensured\u00a0that women were allowed to become MPs.\u00a0A multitude of\u00a0platforms sets\u00a0up Labor to govern\u00a0Queensland from 1915 to 1929.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Plaque on the statue dedicated to Premier TJ Ryan.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ryan was also the national voice challenging the World War I conscription policy of Labor Prime Minster Billy Hughes\u00a0(later National Labor Party and yet later Nationalist Party). Bitter verbal battles between the two ensued over 1916-17. Hughes even went so far as to trial Ryan on a conspiracy charge. Ryan simply met this with contempt of parliament charges.\u00a0Ryan was frequently accused by his enemies as “a stooge of the Industrial Workers of the World, a tool of Sinn Fein, a friend of Germany (and later of the Bolsheviks).”<\/a><\/p>\nBy 1919, Ryan had resigned his premiership and set his sights on federal leadership. However, a bout of Spanish flu contracted in the same year finally caught up with him in 1921 on the campaign trail. Dead at 45, some reports say he literally worked himself to death, not allowing himself time to recover from his illness, giving too much of himself to public life. His body was carried past crowds from his place of death in\u00a0Barcaldine to Brisbane for burial in Toowong cemetery.<\/p>\n
A three metre bronze statue of Ryan was unveiled in 1925 and stands in Queen’s Park in Brisbane city. The federal seat of Ryan in Queensland is named after him. The Ryan medal is awarded to the highest pass in the state’s scholarship examination.<\/p>\n
Ryan’s reformation touches\u00a0Queensland today. The TJ Ryan Foundation<\/a> was established as a progressive think tank to research public policy and includes board members such as Professor \u00a0John Quiggin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane<\/a>.\u00a0In the lead up to the centenary, Cochrane\u00a0wrote a paper exploring Ryan’s dramatic push for change and his difficulties with the now defunct Queensland\u00a0Legislative Council:\u00a0T.J. Ryan – A Centenary Note<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nWonderful to address the @TJRyanFdn<\/a> on the 100th anniversary of the election of the Ryan Labor Govt. #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/502VyPodhI<\/a><\/p>\n— AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(June 4, 2015) – Bad call.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 3, 2015) – The Rick Williams dirt files.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 2, 2015) –\u00a0Queensland racing boards abolished.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 1, 2015) – House of Newman clothing range up for sale.<\/a><\/h6>\n(May 31, 2015) – Qld Koalas on vulnerable list.<\/a><\/h6>\n.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Centenary reception for Premier T.J. Ryan, June 1, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n
Centenary of the Queensland progressives<\/h2>\n
One hundred years has elapsed since the swearing in of Thomas Joseph Ryan as Queensland Premier, Chief Secretary, and Attorney-General. Born in Victoria in 1876<\/a>, T.J. Ryan became\u00a0a teacher and\u00a0barrister. Much of his work\u00a0revolved around workers compensation cases which brought him in contact with many union and shearer clients. This triggered his political interest and he joined the Labor Party in 1904. Simplicity in law\u00a0was his goal for clients; “words should be used that would not only be understood, but which could not be misunderstood”.<\/p>\nHe saw the “natural allies” of the Labor Party as the community’s\u00a0most disadvantaged and sought public policy\u00a0to overcome\u00a0the entrenched interests of capitalism and its exploitation of the population by the wealthy.\u00a0Under\u00a0the Ryan Government the Labor Party found its feet in Australia. There had been a previous Queensland Labor government but not\u00a0with a majority to rule in its own right. The state and country were\u00a0run\u00a0by a loose arrangement of parties, sometimes groups of conservatives granting support to Labor and vice versa.<\/p>\n
However, under Ryan, Queensland and Australia start to see emerge the\u00a0real progressive movement. The spark ignites those\u00a0big \u00a0Labor social and workplace reforms. Occupational health and safety, Workcover and safe work practices are all policies that can be traced back to Ryan initiatives. He also ensured\u00a0that women were allowed to become MPs.\u00a0A multitude of\u00a0platforms sets\u00a0up Labor to govern\u00a0Queensland from 1915 to 1929.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Plaque on the statue dedicated to Premier TJ Ryan.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ryan was also the national voice challenging the World War I conscription policy of Labor Prime Minster Billy Hughes\u00a0(later National Labor Party and yet later Nationalist Party). Bitter verbal battles between the two ensued over 1916-17. Hughes even went so far as to trial Ryan on a conspiracy charge. Ryan simply met this with contempt of parliament charges.\u00a0Ryan was frequently accused by his enemies as “a stooge of the Industrial Workers of the World, a tool of Sinn Fein, a friend of Germany (and later of the Bolsheviks).”<\/a><\/p>\nBy 1919, Ryan had resigned his premiership and set his sights on federal leadership. However, a bout of Spanish flu contracted in the same year finally caught up with him in 1921 on the campaign trail. Dead at 45, some reports say he literally worked himself to death, not allowing himself time to recover from his illness, giving too much of himself to public life. His body was carried past crowds from his place of death in\u00a0Barcaldine to Brisbane for burial in Toowong cemetery.<\/p>\n
A three metre bronze statue of Ryan was unveiled in 1925 and stands in Queen’s Park in Brisbane city. The federal seat of Ryan in Queensland is named after him. The Ryan medal is awarded to the highest pass in the state’s scholarship examination.<\/p>\n
Ryan’s reformation touches\u00a0Queensland today. The TJ Ryan Foundation<\/a> was established as a progressive think tank to research public policy and includes board members such as Professor \u00a0John Quiggin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane<\/a>.\u00a0In the lead up to the centenary, Cochrane\u00a0wrote a paper exploring Ryan’s dramatic push for change and his difficulties with the now defunct Queensland\u00a0Legislative Council:\u00a0T.J. Ryan – A Centenary Note<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nWonderful to address the @TJRyanFdn<\/a> on the 100th anniversary of the election of the Ryan Labor Govt. #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/502VyPodhI<\/a><\/p>\n— AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(June 2, 2015) –\u00a0Queensland racing boards abolished.<\/a><\/h6>\n(June 1, 2015) – House of Newman clothing range up for sale.<\/a><\/h6>\n(May 31, 2015) – Qld Koalas on vulnerable list.<\/a><\/h6>\n.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Centenary reception for Premier T.J. Ryan, June 1, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n
Centenary of the Queensland progressives<\/h2>\n
One hundred years has elapsed since the swearing in of Thomas Joseph Ryan as Queensland Premier, Chief Secretary, and Attorney-General. Born in Victoria in 1876<\/a>, T.J. Ryan became\u00a0a teacher and\u00a0barrister. Much of his work\u00a0revolved around workers compensation cases which brought him in contact with many union and shearer clients. This triggered his political interest and he joined the Labor Party in 1904. Simplicity in law\u00a0was his goal for clients; “words should be used that would not only be understood, but which could not be misunderstood”.<\/p>\nHe saw the “natural allies” of the Labor Party as the community’s\u00a0most disadvantaged and sought public policy\u00a0to overcome\u00a0the entrenched interests of capitalism and its exploitation of the population by the wealthy.\u00a0Under\u00a0the Ryan Government the Labor Party found its feet in Australia. There had been a previous Queensland Labor government but not\u00a0with a majority to rule in its own right. The state and country were\u00a0run\u00a0by a loose arrangement of parties, sometimes groups of conservatives granting support to Labor and vice versa.<\/p>\n
However, under Ryan, Queensland and Australia start to see emerge the\u00a0real progressive movement. The spark ignites those\u00a0big \u00a0Labor social and workplace reforms. Occupational health and safety, Workcover and safe work practices are all policies that can be traced back to Ryan initiatives. He also ensured\u00a0that women were allowed to become MPs.\u00a0A multitude of\u00a0platforms sets\u00a0up Labor to govern\u00a0Queensland from 1915 to 1929.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Plaque on the statue dedicated to Premier TJ Ryan.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ryan was also the national voice challenging the World War I conscription policy of Labor Prime Minster Billy Hughes\u00a0(later National Labor Party and yet later Nationalist Party). Bitter verbal battles between the two ensued over 1916-17. Hughes even went so far as to trial Ryan on a conspiracy charge. Ryan simply met this with contempt of parliament charges.\u00a0Ryan was frequently accused by his enemies as “a stooge of the Industrial Workers of the World, a tool of Sinn Fein, a friend of Germany (and later of the Bolsheviks).”<\/a><\/p>\nBy 1919, Ryan had resigned his premiership and set his sights on federal leadership. However, a bout of Spanish flu contracted in the same year finally caught up with him in 1921 on the campaign trail. Dead at 45, some reports say he literally worked himself to death, not allowing himself time to recover from his illness, giving too much of himself to public life. His body was carried past crowds from his place of death in\u00a0Barcaldine to Brisbane for burial in Toowong cemetery.<\/p>\n
A three metre bronze statue of Ryan was unveiled in 1925 and stands in Queen’s Park in Brisbane city. The federal seat of Ryan in Queensland is named after him. The Ryan medal is awarded to the highest pass in the state’s scholarship examination.<\/p>\n
Ryan’s reformation touches\u00a0Queensland today. The TJ Ryan Foundation<\/a> was established as a progressive think tank to research public policy and includes board members such as Professor \u00a0John Quiggin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane<\/a>.\u00a0In the lead up to the centenary, Cochrane\u00a0wrote a paper exploring Ryan’s dramatic push for change and his difficulties with the now defunct Queensland\u00a0Legislative Council:\u00a0T.J. Ryan – A Centenary Note<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nWonderful to address the @TJRyanFdn<\/a> on the 100th anniversary of the election of the Ryan Labor Govt. #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/502VyPodhI<\/a><\/p>\n— AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(May 31, 2015) – Qld Koalas on vulnerable list.<\/a><\/h6>\n.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Centenary reception for Premier T.J. Ryan, June 1, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n
Centenary of the Queensland progressives<\/h2>\n
One hundred years has elapsed since the swearing in of Thomas Joseph Ryan as Queensland Premier, Chief Secretary, and Attorney-General. Born in Victoria in 1876<\/a>, T.J. Ryan became\u00a0a teacher and\u00a0barrister. Much of his work\u00a0revolved around workers compensation cases which brought him in contact with many union and shearer clients. This triggered his political interest and he joined the Labor Party in 1904. Simplicity in law\u00a0was his goal for clients; “words should be used that would not only be understood, but which could not be misunderstood”.<\/p>\nHe saw the “natural allies” of the Labor Party as the community’s\u00a0most disadvantaged and sought public policy\u00a0to overcome\u00a0the entrenched interests of capitalism and its exploitation of the population by the wealthy.\u00a0Under\u00a0the Ryan Government the Labor Party found its feet in Australia. There had been a previous Queensland Labor government but not\u00a0with a majority to rule in its own right. The state and country were\u00a0run\u00a0by a loose arrangement of parties, sometimes groups of conservatives granting support to Labor and vice versa.<\/p>\n
However, under Ryan, Queensland and Australia start to see emerge the\u00a0real progressive movement. The spark ignites those\u00a0big \u00a0Labor social and workplace reforms. Occupational health and safety, Workcover and safe work practices are all policies that can be traced back to Ryan initiatives. He also ensured\u00a0that women were allowed to become MPs.\u00a0A multitude of\u00a0platforms sets\u00a0up Labor to govern\u00a0Queensland from 1915 to 1929.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Plaque on the statue dedicated to Premier TJ Ryan.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ryan was also the national voice challenging the World War I conscription policy of Labor Prime Minster Billy Hughes\u00a0(later National Labor Party and yet later Nationalist Party). Bitter verbal battles between the two ensued over 1916-17. Hughes even went so far as to trial Ryan on a conspiracy charge. Ryan simply met this with contempt of parliament charges.\u00a0Ryan was frequently accused by his enemies as “a stooge of the Industrial Workers of the World, a tool of Sinn Fein, a friend of Germany (and later of the Bolsheviks).”<\/a><\/p>\nBy 1919, Ryan had resigned his premiership and set his sights on federal leadership. However, a bout of Spanish flu contracted in the same year finally caught up with him in 1921 on the campaign trail. Dead at 45, some reports say he literally worked himself to death, not allowing himself time to recover from his illness, giving too much of himself to public life. His body was carried past crowds from his place of death in\u00a0Barcaldine to Brisbane for burial in Toowong cemetery.<\/p>\n
A three metre bronze statue of Ryan was unveiled in 1925 and stands in Queen’s Park in Brisbane city. The federal seat of Ryan in Queensland is named after him. The Ryan medal is awarded to the highest pass in the state’s scholarship examination.<\/p>\n
Ryan’s reformation touches\u00a0Queensland today. The TJ Ryan Foundation<\/a> was established as a progressive think tank to research public policy and includes board members such as Professor \u00a0John Quiggin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane<\/a>.\u00a0In the lead up to the centenary, Cochrane\u00a0wrote a paper exploring Ryan’s dramatic push for change and his difficulties with the now defunct Queensland\u00a0Legislative Council:\u00a0T.J. Ryan – A Centenary Note<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nWonderful to address the @TJRyanFdn<\/a> on the 100th anniversary of the election of the Ryan Labor Govt. #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/502VyPodhI<\/a><\/p>\n— AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/a>Centenary reception for Premier T.J. Ryan, June 1, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n
Centenary of the Queensland progressives<\/h2>\n
One hundred years has elapsed since the swearing in of Thomas Joseph Ryan as Queensland Premier, Chief Secretary, and Attorney-General. Born in Victoria in 1876<\/a>, T.J. Ryan became\u00a0a teacher and\u00a0barrister. Much of his work\u00a0revolved around workers compensation cases which brought him in contact with many union and shearer clients. This triggered his political interest and he joined the Labor Party in 1904. Simplicity in law\u00a0was his goal for clients; “words should be used that would not only be understood, but which could not be misunderstood”.<\/p>\n He saw the “natural allies” of the Labor Party as the community’s\u00a0most disadvantaged and sought public policy\u00a0to overcome\u00a0the entrenched interests of capitalism and its exploitation of the population by the wealthy.\u00a0Under\u00a0the Ryan Government the Labor Party found its feet in Australia. There had been a previous Queensland Labor government but not\u00a0with a majority to rule in its own right. The state and country were\u00a0run\u00a0by a loose arrangement of parties, sometimes groups of conservatives granting support to Labor and vice versa.<\/p>\n However, under Ryan, Queensland and Australia start to see emerge the\u00a0real progressive movement. The spark ignites those\u00a0big \u00a0Labor social and workplace reforms. Occupational health and safety, Workcover and safe work practices are all policies that can be traced back to Ryan initiatives. He also ensured\u00a0that women were allowed to become MPs.\u00a0A multitude of\u00a0platforms sets\u00a0up Labor to govern\u00a0Queensland from 1915 to 1929.<\/p>\n Plaque on the statue dedicated to Premier TJ Ryan.<\/p><\/div>\n Ryan was also the national voice challenging the World War I conscription policy of Labor Prime Minster Billy Hughes\u00a0(later National Labor Party and yet later Nationalist Party). Bitter verbal battles between the two ensued over 1916-17. Hughes even went so far as to trial Ryan on a conspiracy charge. Ryan simply met this with contempt of parliament charges.\u00a0Ryan was frequently accused by his enemies as “a stooge of the Industrial Workers of the World, a tool of Sinn Fein, a friend of Germany (and later of the Bolsheviks).”<\/a><\/p>\n By 1919, Ryan had resigned his premiership and set his sights on federal leadership. However, a bout of Spanish flu contracted in the same year finally caught up with him in 1921 on the campaign trail. Dead at 45, some reports say he literally worked himself to death, not allowing himself time to recover from his illness, giving too much of himself to public life. His body was carried past crowds from his place of death in\u00a0Barcaldine to Brisbane for burial in Toowong cemetery.<\/p>\n A three metre bronze statue of Ryan was unveiled in 1925 and stands in Queen’s Park in Brisbane city. The federal seat of Ryan in Queensland is named after him. The Ryan medal is awarded to the highest pass in the state’s scholarship examination.<\/p>\n Ryan’s reformation touches\u00a0Queensland today. The TJ Ryan Foundation<\/a> was established as a progressive think tank to research public policy and includes board members such as Professor \u00a0John Quiggin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane<\/a>.\u00a0In the lead up to the centenary, Cochrane\u00a0wrote a paper exploring Ryan’s dramatic push for change and his difficulties with the now defunct Queensland\u00a0Legislative Council:\u00a0T.J. Ryan – A Centenary Note<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wonderful to address the @TJRyanFdn<\/a> on the 100th anniversary of the election of the Ryan Labor Govt. #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/502VyPodhI<\/a><\/p>\n — AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a>\n