Media and Press Statements
Collapsed floors and safety risks: Public schools in disrepair close classrooms
March 05, 2024
When a floor collapsed in a classroom at Fitzroy North Primary School last year, the Education Department sent a crew to cover access to the room with black plastic. More than a year later,...
Read MoreUniversity reforms get thumbs up from teals, Nationals
March 03, 2024
Nationals MP Darren Chester and a long list of independents have given Jason Clare the thumbs up for his ambitious higher education reforms, saying its multigenerational approach is the right one for the national...
Read MoreJoint Statement: Humanitarian assistance, Gaza.
February 29, 2024
It is now nearly one month since the government announced a temporary pause in Australia’s funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Read MoreMelbourne schools fall into ‘shocking’ state of disrepair
February 29, 2024
There’s nothing more important than our kids getting a safe and good education.
Read MoreClean Air For Our Kids A Crucial Lesson From The Pandemic
February 26, 2024
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport launched an inquiry into Long COVID and Repeated COVID Infections on 1 September 2022. After receiving more than 500 submissions, and...
Read MoreThe Government Must Make HECS/HELP Debts Fairer For Millions Of Australians
February 26, 2024
In a cost-of-living crisis, young people only just starting out their careers shouldn't be straddled with HECS/HELP debts rising faster than their wages are. University enrolment should be celebrated – instead, rising HECS/HELP debts...
Read MoreStatement on Gaza from Dr Monique Ryan MP
February 14, 2024
Rafah is the last place left to take shelter in Gaza. More than 1.3 million civilians are crowded into the small border town, with nowhere to go.I hold grave concerns for the civilians of...
Read MoreDr Monique Ryan MP To Launch Parliamentary Friends Of Scams Protection
February 07, 2024
Dr Monique Ryan MP will launch the Parliamentary Friends of Scams Protection at 12:00pm today (Wednesday 7 February) alongside Kate Chaney MP (Member for Curtin), Senator Jess Walsh, and Consumer Action Law Centre CEO...
Read MoreNew Fuel Efficiency Standard Will Give Us Cheaper, Cleaner, and Healthier Cars
February 04, 2024
I welcome the Federal Government's new Fuel Efficiency Standard, a climate policy that many of my crossbench colleagues and I have advocated for since before the last election. Australians will save hundreds of dollars a...
Read MoreThe Government Should Make The Stage 3 Tax Cuts Fairer
January 23, 2024
The Stage 3 tax cuts should be modified so they benefit more Australians.My community has been clear with me: if the government is going to add to inflation with tens of billions of dollars...
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