Media & Press Statements

We must listen to the nation's economists and modify the inflationary, expensive, and unfair Stage 3 tax cuts. Stage 3 would light a match under inflation. It would increase rents, increase the price of groceries,...

A bicycle highway through Melbourne’s eastern suburbs via an underground “ghost platform” at Box Hill station would ease road congestion and public transport crowding, according to a newly released government study that has fuelled...

The presence of an unprecedented contingent of independent MPs - with similar ambitions to reform the way politics is done - has changed the nature of the House of Representatives since the 2022 election. The...

This week on Q+A… Australia’s cost-of-living crisis. As families battle to make ends meet, navigating the tough economic climate and a raft of rate rises, it’s set to be a bleak festive season for...

A Melbourne MP is taking aim at Australia's major airlines, calling them the "mafia of the sky". Independent Monique Ryan wants passengers to be compensated if their flights are delayed or cancelled.

Independent MP Monique Ryan ramps up calls for proposed scheme after Sydney airport CEO accuses airlines of ‘slot hoarding.’

Lobbyists trade on an ability to influence policy and politicians but with no laws governing their conduct, is enough being done to regulate their power?

MP Monique Ryan wants tougher laws around lobbying of politicians, saying current guidelines are ‘toothless and ineffective.’Crossbenchers are calling for an urgent crackdown on political lobbyists as a report emerged that the cabinet minister...

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland’s lavish lunch with gambling lobbyists, reported today in the Australian Financial Review, would not have gone ahead had IndependentMember for Kooyong Dr Monique Ryan’s new #CleanUpPoliticsAct been in place.

Independent Member for Kooyong Dr Monique Ryan has launched a national grassroots campaign to clean up politics by finally regulating lobbying so governments make decisions for us, not for Big Coal or Big Gas.The...