Dr Monique Ryan

I support David Pocock's call for an urgent parliamentary enquiry into gas company taxation with a view to legislation on this issue within weeks.

Push for gas tax as LNG exports reap huge profits after one week of war Gas prices tripled in 2022, which was the last time an international conflict hit energy markets. Experts say it may happen again due to the Iran war.

In 2022 oil prices doubled and gas prices quadrupled after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Australian govt needs to act quickly to ensure that domestic prices are protected from price spikes internationally and that we get a fair return on windfall profits from multinationals' exports of our LNG.

Read my piece in the New Daily on why I think it's time to recognise gambling as a ‘public health matter’ 👆

Its time for Parliament to recognise gambling's damage to health With gambling advertising a normalised part of footy culture, it's time to shed light on an issue the government is unwilling to address.

Tonight Carlton and the Swans will kick off the third AFL season since the Murphy report unanimously recommended a comprehensive ban on gambling ads.

Once again, our screens and stadia will be polluted with wall-to-wall gambling advertising, a normalised part of sporting culture in Australia.

The PM has announced a review of lobbyists activities in Parliament House - that's good - but the review will only canvas the opinions of insiders who work in govt. The inquiry should be open for public submissions. It's the people's House & the people should have some say in what goes on within it.

Free-roaming lobbyists in Australian parliament could face tighter restrictions, Albanese says Prime minister outlines ‘security’ review of conditions for coveted orange passes that allow unrestricted access

Australians really dislike the unfettered access lobbyists have to politicians in Parliament House. Every day Parliament sits, hundreds of lobbyists roam its halls. We can't know which Ministers they meet with, or how they influence government decision-making.

This government needs to be held to account, and while the Coalition has its mind elsewhere, it will be the crossbench holding them to account on issues of importance this week!

It’s 978 days since Peta Murphy called for a ban on betting ads. What happened to Labor’s pledge to respect parliament? | Josh Butler From gambling to ‘jobs for mates’ and reports left to gather dust, the teals have a shopping list of thorny topics to talk about

The crossbench does, in fact, have a shopping list of important and thorny topics to raise this week, because Australians want action on gambling, they want action on integrity in politics and lobbying reform, and they want answers to committee reports that are well overdue.

On Rare Disease Day, it’s worth considering the destruction of US medical research by the Trump administration, and the need for our own govt to step up and show leadership by supporting the NHMRC and CSIRO, and by spending the money put aside for that purpose in the Medical Research Future Fund.

Algorithm denies high level care for Melbourne man with advanced MND Graham Crossan cannot eat, talk or breathe unassisted but he's been denied funding for high-level care due to a new way of assessing aged care funding.

This is the very question I put to the Aged Care Minister in Question Time two weeks ago.

Isn’t a computerised assessment system which cuts support for vulnerable Australians, causing distress and suffering, just another form of Robodebt?

My diagnosis is serious. As I watch the nurse search for a good vein, I can’t help but do the maths “Slip, slop, slap” wasn’t just a slogan. It showed how to transform our entire approach to saving lives.

It’s always better to build a fence at the top of a cliff than to have an ambulance at the bottom.

Preventive health is better and cheaper than caring for people after they get preventable diseases like melanoma.

The Allan state govt must not defund VicHealth.

Remarkably, the Government has no plans to change a scheme that simultaneously undermines our climate goals and the health of the Budget. We're hearing a lot from Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese about the need to trim spending, and the fuel tax credits scheme is precisely where they should start.

That's more money for big polluters than the government spends on the air force, foreign aid, First Nations' health, the arts, or climate and environment programs.

Australia’s most costly anti-climate policy hits taxpayers for $30m a day as calls mount to wind back fuel tax credits | Adam Morton The government will hand over $10.8bn this financial year under the scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol

Australia's most generous fossil fuel subsidy will pour another $11 billion of taxpayer money into the pockets of polluters this year, including coal and gas companies.

My deepest sympathy goes to the brave women who have not received that care. The Epworth Hospital and AHPRA must be held to account for their apparent failure to keep these women safe.

Patients place their trust in our health professionals. They deserve best practice care and effective, conscientious oversight by hospitals, colleges, and the healthcare regulator, AHPRA.

'Let down by the system': Colleagues and patients complained for years about surgeon Complaints had been made about this gynaecologist for years. Only when hospital management discovered that Four Corners was looking into his practice, did it start investigating further.

These revelations about an Epworth Hospital surgeon’s alleged malpractice against many women with chronic pelvic pain, over a long period of time, suggest a catastrophic failure of our health system.

My Clean Up Politics Act 👇

Time to end the lobbying protection racket The number of lobbyists seeking to influence the federal government has soared, yet they’re bound by secrecy that stifles honest business.

Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists in Parliament House 15 to one; on sitting days hundreds of lobbyists roam the halls in Canberra, meeting with Ministers to influence government policies.

My Clean Up Politics Act would shine a light on lobbyists’ activities.

Anna almost died in Tokyo from a disease she thought she was vaccinated against When 24-year-old Anna Gallo woke up shivering in a Tokyo hotel, she thought it was food poisoning. Hours later, she was in a coma fighting for her life against a disease she thought she was vaccinated...

I spoke about this in Parliament last week. All states offer vaccination against meningococcus A/C, but only some fund type B, the most common form.

All states and territories should provide the same vaccines - and all should include meningococcal type B.

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Homework to halfpipe: Sixteen-year-old Aussie nails Olympic debut to set up medal tilt Australian teenager Indra Brown has qualified for the women’s freeski halfpipe final, but hours before making her Olympic debut, she was still doing her maths homework.

From Kooyong to the Olympic games! A massive congratulations to our very own Indra Brown for progressing into the final for the Women's Freeski Halfpipe! We will be cheering you on from home on Saturday night 💛 💚

Already more than 5,000 Australians have joined our campaign to release more funding for medical research in the 2026 Federal Budget.

If you can spare 30 seconds of your time to join our campaign, you’ll help fund life-saving cures in Australia.
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Australians lose more to gambling per capita than any other country in the world, but our politicians continue to take favours from the industry. Enough is enough - this has to be the year when we get gambling influence out of politics, and gambling ads off our screens.

Federal MPs accept free sport tickets from gambling companies amid calls to restrict wagering ads Tabcorp and Sportsbet provided tickets to at least six Liberal and Labor politicians, register of interests shows

Next month we'll hit 1000 days since the Murphy Report into gambling harm was handed down.

More than 3 in 4 Australians want stronger gambling advertising laws, but the Govt continues to stall. Politicians from both major parties continue to accept donations, gifts & perks from gambling companies.

We have to learn from past mistakes to ensure we provide best practice care for our most vulnerable people. We can't allow aged care to become another example of government efficiency being prioritised over human lives.

Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is cruel and inhumane, Australian aged care workers warn Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool

The Albanese Government's new Single Assessment System is failing older Australians. They deserve better than RoboAgedCare - but the government's new algorithmic Integrated Assessment Tool is overriding the opinion of experienced assessors. We don't know how it assesses risk, need, or complexity.

When they maintain ties like this to the very industry they are supposed to regulate, it becomes much less surprising that gambling reform, such as restricting / banning gambling advertising, continues to stall

Australians are the world’s biggest losers when it comes to gambling. It’s a predatory system - the industry’s business model depends on people losing.

What makes it even more disturbing is the ongoing acceptance of donations, gifts & perks from gambling companies by some MPs & Senators.

We can then scrutinise the cost, feasibility, timelines, and strategic benefits of acquiring nuclear-powered submarines from the US.