Media & Press Statements
National Cabinet must release Health Advice, Meeting Minutes, to justify end of COVID 19 isolation
September 30, 2022
Dr Monique Ryan MP is calling on the National Cabinet to publicly release the health advice provided to them that informed today’s decision to scrap mandatory COVID 19 isolation.
Read MoreA new breed of pollies are in Canberra and their maiden speeches show they might be the answer to desperate voters’ prayers
August 02, 2022
If you want to know what politics should be, it’s there in the first speeches delivered by Australia’s new federal politicians. Across parties, and outside them, this class of taxpayer-funded MPs and senators has...
Read MoreWomen are turning the tide on climate policy worldwide, and may launch a new era for Australia
August 02, 2022
When the new federal parliament opened last week, a record number of female politicians took their seats: 38% in the House of Representatives and 57% in the Senate. This changing of the guard, with...
Read MoreHow the government can unlock the electric car market
July 28, 2022
The AFR - On 1 July, the Albanese government will roll out its signature electric vehicle (EV) policy – an electric car discount removing the 5% import tariff on some imported EVs and the...
Read More‘I ain’t no Bambi’: How a paediatrician ended up in politics
July 23, 2022
When Monique Ryan defeated treasurer Josh Frydenberg to become the federal member for Kooyong, she shocked the political class – but not those who knew her well.
Read MoreDr Monique Ryan election legal fund donates $40,000 to the Human Rights Legal Centre
June 27, 2022
The new Independent Member for Kooyong, Dr Monique Ryan, has donated the balance of the contributions to her legal fund to protect the voting rights of more than 50,000 Australians to the Human Rights Law...
Read MoreStatement on staffing allocation by Prime Minister Albanese
June 24, 2022
The statement below can be attributed to Dr Monique Ryan.Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese informed me that I had been allocated funding for a single personal staff member to assist in my duties as...
Read MorePolls declared for the Division of Kooyong
June 09, 2022
This morning I attended the local office of the Australian Electoral Commission for the official declaration of the Polls for the Federal Division of Kooyong, confirming me as the Member for the Electorate.
Read More‘It’s official’: Independents take over as formal election results are declared
June 09, 2022
The New Daily - The results in more than 40 seats up for grabs at the federal election have been formally declared. They include the Melbourne seat of Kooyong – won by independent Monique...
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