New vehicle rules under scrutiny as US changes EV path Australia's peak car lobby group has called for big changes to the government's new vehicle emission rules after the US changed its long-term plans. AAP · Mar 21, 2024
Coalition to present ‘pay on delay’ bill to make airlines compensate affected passengers Senators say bill will ‘clean up Australia’s airline industry through ensuring concrete protections for passengers’ hit by flight delays The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2024
'They'll never change': PM goes on attack over tax cuts Anthony Albanese has launched a full-throated attack against the coalition after it loudly complained and then quickly capitulated over changes to tax cuts. AAP · Feb 7, 2024
Flight delay compensation would stop Australian airlines from acting like a ‘mafia of the skies’, MP says Exclusive: Independent MP Monique Ryan ramps up calls for proposed scheme after Sydney airport CEO accuses airlines of ‘slot hoarding’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023
MP Kate Chaney launches bid to overturn ban on accessing assisted dying appointments via telehealth Exclusive: Teal MP Kate Chaney to introduce bill exempting voluntary assisted dying appointments from criminal code The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2023
Calls for crackdown amid report gambling lobbyists ‘wined and dined’ minister Michelle Rowland MP Monique Ryan wants tougher laws around lobbying of politicians, saying current guidelines are ‘toothless and ineffective’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2023
Local member issues warning after Caulfield protests – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2023
I once sang Love Is in the Air to Labor’s Stephen Conroy – here’s what it taught me about Canberra lobbying There is nothing wrong with lobbyists trying to influence the government. But we should know why they’re at Parliament House and who invited them The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2023
Crossbenchers urge Labor to have ‘courage’ on changes to resources tax and stage-three tax cuts David Pocock, Monique Ryan and Dai Le support revamping taxes to raise more revenue to address cost-of-living crisis The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2023
Australia’s life-saving bone marrow registry needs $13m. Why is red tape holding it up? The money is there to increase the number of donors to help patients with leukaemia and blood cancers but governments won’t agree to release it, MPs say The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2023
Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax ‘We need … to maintain our roads in a way that’s fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport’, says Monique Ryan The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023
‘So ugly it’s beautiful’: Australian politicians reveal their picks for bird of the year Anthony Albanese plays it safe with the sulphur-crested cockatoo while the tawny frogmouth proves popular among MPs who took blue ribbon seats off Liberals The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2023
‘Staggering’ rise of gambling among school-age children leads to calls for urgent inquiry Exclusive: Without action, a ‘generation of young people’ could be addicted to gambling, says independent MP pushing for government to urgently intervene The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023
View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg puts political ambition aside to remain in business Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s decision to put a business future before an attempted political revival is a blow for the Liberal Party, but a relief for the teal member for Kooyong, Monique Ryan. The Conversation · Sep 21, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2023 Australian MPs to lobby US to drop Julian Assange prosecution or risk ‘very dangerous’ precedent for Russia and China Cross-party delegation of Australian politicians to travel to US in attempt to build momentum against extraditing WikiLeaks founder
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023 Australian lawmakers head to US to lobby against efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Assange A group of Australian lawmakers say they will travel to Washington this month to lobby the United States to abandon its efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2023 ‘New low’: Peter Dutton accused of seeking to ‘undermine’ faith in Australia’s electoral system Exclusive: Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says opposition leader is ‘seeking to cast doubt on legitimacy’ of voice referendum
The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2023 ‘Tone deaf’: MPs call for University of Sydney to return gambling research money Independents Zoe Daniel, Andrew Wilkie and others say university’s Centre of Excellence in Gambling Research’s funding from casino and gambling companies should be scrapped
The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2023 Teal MPs criticise CO2 sea dumping bill as ‘greenwashing’ fossil fuel industry Independent MPs Monique Ryan and Sophie Scamps say the Labor bill to allow permits for storing carbon dioxide in international waters would encourage more gas projects
The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2023 Past and present public servants to be investigated – as it happened This blog is now closed.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2023 Federal government under fire for hiring KPMG on health and climate while firm advises fossil fuels Doctors and independent MPs say despite Labor’s reassurances, work should have been conducted by public servants and a clear conflict of interest exists
The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2023 Afternoon Update: no campaign ad condemned as ‘racist trope’; minister calls Donald Trump Jr ‘a big baby’; and Meta launches Threads NSW Liberal Matt Kean and federal independents Monique Ryan and Zali Steggall among those who have criticised the newspaper ad
AAP · Jun 18, 2023 Push to change kids' appetite with junk food ad ban Junk food companies would be restricted from marketing their products to kids on TV and radio while online ads would be banned outright under a proposed bill.
ABC News · Jun 5, 2023 The science that unlocked a rare genetic mutation in the Folbiggs — and set Kathleen free Extensive scientific and medical evidence proved to be key to setting Kathleen Folbigg free, 20 years after she was convicted of killing her four children.
The New Daily · Jun 1, 2023 Pressure for national ban on logging native forests Crossbench MPs have urged the government to implement a national ban on native forest logging, following Victoria's move to end the practice.