Media & Press Statements
Double pharmacy scripts to 60 days’ supply to save Medicare millions
March 27, 2023
Doubling the number of medicines a person can collect with each prescription from one to two months’ supply could save patients up to $180 a year and reduce the government’s payments to pharmacists for...
Read MoreA floor, not a ceiling? The flaw is our lack of ceilings.
March 21, 2023
Today’s IPCC Synthesis Report confirmed that climate change is pushing us to the brink of irreversible catastrophe, but also noted that if policy effort was consistently applied in every sector of every country, we...
Read MoreSaving lives from blood cancers: young men from Pasifika and First Nations background join Australia’s blood stem cell register at Tackling Leukaemia event
March 18, 2023
“Every 31 minutes someone in Australia is diagnosed with blood cancer. Almost 6000 Australians lose their lives to blood cancers every year”, said Dr Monique Ryan, Independent MP for Kooyong, today at the Tackling...
Read MoreStatement - 14 March 2023
March 14, 2023
STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF DR MONIQUE RYAN As I have addressed elsewhere, on Thursday 9 March, 2023 I was unavoidably absent from Parliament.
Read MoreGovernment urged to use superannuation tax concession changes to expand Paid Parental Leave scheme
March 01, 2023
Crossbenchers say the treasurer should "absolutely" use some of the cash recouped from proposed super changes to pay superannuation on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL), arguing it could rectify the current "glaring gap" in support...
Read MoreModelling shows car-pollution worse than thought
February 24, 2023
It's long been known that air pollution caused by cars can be detrimental to people's health But new modelling from the University of Melbourne has suggested Australian policy-makers have been dramatically under-estimating it's impact....
Read MoreLong COVID changed everything
February 20, 2023
Martine van Boeijen used to grind out more than 60 hours a week at her Perth veterinary clinic while maintaining a strong running regime and a busy social life, but she now struggles to...
Read MoreSaving lives from blood cancers: the government just needs to give the nod.
February 16, 2023
Independent MP for Kooyong, Dr Monique Ryan, has called on the government to support the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) in its efforts to recruit much-needed donors.
Read MoreLabor used ‘egregious’ tactics to gag debate on offshore detention: Crossbench MPs
February 07, 2023
Labor has been accused of trying to thwart transparency and gag debate over offshore detention after the government tried to urgently push through legislation to renew Nauru as an immigration detention location with less...
Read MoreAll quiet on the Assange front
January 25, 2023
There has been no correspondence from either the PM's or attorney-general's offices about Julian Assange for more than six months.
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