Media & Press Statements
Independent Dr Monique Ryan urges government to support our most vulnerable
April 20, 2023
Independent MP for Kooyong, Dr Monique Ryan, is calling on the Federal Government to increase the support provided via Jobseeker, Parenting Payment Single, rent assistance and related payments, as was recommended this week by...
Read MoreDoctors want to double prescription lengths. Pharmacists say it’s dangerous
April 09, 2023
The community pharmacy lobby has warned that doubling prescription lengths and boosting the amount of medicine available in each script will disrupt supply and may present a risk to patients.
Read More“Strength to Give” goes live!
March 30, 2023
I am delighted to say that the Strength to Give national cheek swab recruitment campaign has gone live this week.
Read MoreAlbanese under pressure to fix Julia Gillard’s single mum pension cut
March 30, 2023
A special committee established to advise the government on welfare policy beforeeach budget is recommending Labor atone for Julia Gillard’s act in 2012 ofstripping single mothers of parenting payments, sources say.
Read MoreChanging the Script: Making Medicines Cheaper
March 27, 2023
Today, I’m calling on the Government to make medications cheaper for Australians with chronic diseases.
Read MoreDouble 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...
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