Media and Press Statements

Why do we have so many economic problems, and why do our governments make so little progress in fixing them? Because the two main parties just play politics and by now have boxed each...

Independent MP Monique Ryan is demanding the Federal Government take urgent action to help people still paying off tens of thousands of dollars in debt more than 20 years after a controversial student loan...

Anthony Albanese is facing calls to hold a snap election over the Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan as his opponent, Peter Dutton, readies for an early poll and rumours swirl about a cabinet reshuffle. The prime minister...

Independent MP Dr Monique Ryan has urged the Prime Minister to consider calling an early election before policy uncertainty causes irreparable damage to our economy.

Independent MPs have united in their call for the Albanese Government to urgently legislate a Duty of Care that would force governments to consider the impact of climate harm on young people’s wellbeing when...

Inside a meeting room deep inside the Robert F Kennedy Building in Washington DC last September, representatives of the US Department of Justice (DoJ) must've wondered what hit them. A cross-party delegation of jet-lagged...

After years of imprisonment in the UK, could Wikileaks founder Julian Assange finally be on his way home after brokering a deal with US authorities? Guest: Dr Monique Ryan, Independent MP, member of Washington...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's announcement this week that he would scrap the 2030 emissions reduction target has reignited debate around climate action - not just with the Government but with the Greens and independent...

Teal independents have accused Peter Dutton of putting the country’s economic and environmental future at risk by abandoning the Paris Agreement, while sharpening their pre-election attack lines on the Liberal Party as it seeks...

660 000 Australians are participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and 400 000 work in NDIS-related jobs. Our country needs the NDIS, but it’s expanded too quickly in recent years, as state-based services...