Media & Press Statements
Stage 3 Is Inflationary, Expensive, And Unfair. It Must Be Modified.
November 30, 2023
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,...
Read MoreBox Hill ‘ghost platform’ touted as underground cycling highway
November 28, 2023
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...
Read MoreTeal independents calling for transparency in the electoral system
November 22, 2023
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...
Read MorePM Travel, Tax Cuts & Rental Relief
November 21, 2023
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...
Read MoreCalls for airlines to compensate passengers for cancelled flights
November 17, 2023
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.
Read MoreFlight delay compensation would stop Australian airlines from acting like a ‘mafia of the skies’, MP says
November 17, 2023
Independent MP Monique Ryan ramps up calls for proposed scheme after Sydney airport CEO accuses airlines of ‘slot hoarding.’
Read MoreGrowing calls for greater regulations on lobbyists in parliament
November 13, 2023
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?
Read MoreCalls for crackdown amid report gambling lobbyists ‘wined and dined’ minister Michelle Rowland
November 13, 2023
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...
Read MoreMichelle Rowland’s Lavish Lobbying Lunch Would Not Have Gone Ahead Under Monique Ryan’s New #CleanUpPoliticsAct
November 13, 2023
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.
Read MoreDr Monique Ryan Launches National #CleanUpPoliticsAct Campaign For Long-Overdue Lobbying Reform
November 13, 2023
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...
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