Media and Press Statements
Community Meeting on Housing Plan for Kew: Summary
August 30, 2024
Purpose and background A community meeting on the housing plan for the Kew VicRoads site at 60 Denmark Street was held at Kew RSL on 27 August 2024. The meeting was an opportunity for...
Read MoreExclusion of LGBTIQA+ people from the Census – Letter to the Prime Minister
August 30, 2024
Dear Prime Minister,We are writing to urge the government to reverse its decision to exclude LGBTIQA+ people from the 2026 census. In the last census, LGBTIQA+ people who were single, trans and gender diverse,...
Read MoreThere are no ‘safe’ seats any more, and here’s why that’s good news
July 10, 2024
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...
Read MoreTeal MP Monique Ryan calls for urgent action to help Aussies lured into 'predatory' interest-free loan scheme that encouraged them to trade welfare for student debt
July 04, 2024
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...
Read MoreTeal call for snap climate election as rumours of cabinet reshuffle swirl
July 03, 2024
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...
Read MoreDr Monique Ryan Says Early Election Should Be Called To Stop Coalition’s Climate Policies Damaging The Economy
July 03, 2024
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.
Read MoreIndependent MPs Stand United On Need to Legislate Duty Of Care Bill To Protect Future Generations
June 27, 2024
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...
Read MoreInside the closed-door meeting in Washington DC to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
June 27, 2024
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...
Read More'It's extraordinary': Monique Ryan on Julian Assange's possible release
June 26, 2024
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...
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