Media & Press Statements

This week on Q+A… a grubby week in politics as parliament’s toxic environment is again in the spotlight. Amid fresh abuse claims, a party room banishment and relentless questions in the senate about transparency...

Over 30 Federal MPs across Australia have formed the first Parliamentary Friends of Electric Vehicle and Future Transport group. The group was officially launched by Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen in Canberra, where a variety of...

Young people aged 16 and 17 have the same cognitive ability as older Australians and should have the same right to vote, according to a group of federal MPs.The politicians stood alongside young people...

17-year-olds can drive, pay taxes, and join the military. They should be able to vote. Today I'm proud to join a group of brilliant young people as they launch the MakeIt16 campaign, which will...

Dozens of paediatricians are pleading for the Northern Territory government to withdraw support for a full-scale fracking industry, citing direct and indirect health risks.The 45 medical specialists — supported by federal independent MP Monique Ryan — outlined...

The scathing Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report revealing that the Morrison Government ignored Commonwealth grant guidelines, ethics, and possibly even laws regarding hospital funding, should horrify all Australians.

Independent MP Monique Ryan demands major changes to commonwealth grants in light of blistering audit office report.The health department’s deliberate breaching of grant legislation under the former Coalition government is a bigger scandal than the sports...

What just happened to your student debt bill? Your HECS used to be something that ‘‘never went up’’. Literally! The annual inflation indexing of HECS would normally have a zero reading but this week...

This is the chance for the Federal Government to be brave. Today I'm joining 14 of my crossbench colleagues in calling for the Federal Government to end native forest logging nationally.