Independent Member for Kooyong. Authorised by M. Ryan 145 Camberwell Rd, Hawthorn East, 3123 #Mon4Kooyong https://linktr.ee/moniqueryan
“Revenue is up, prices are up," according to Woodside's boss. What's not up? Our tax revenue.
Oil and gas giant becomes one of Australia’s biggest winners from Iran warAustralia’s largest gas producer has emerged as a major beneficiary of the conflict in the Middle East, earning $6 billion last quarter amid surging prices.www.smh.com.auAustralian women living with breast cancer or endometriosis should feel secure that they will have continued access to life-changing medications like Zoladex.
Pharmaceutical company bows to pressure, offers life-saving drug for freeBreast cancer patients were considering removing their ovaries until the maker of Zoladex 3.6mg said they would give the drug away rather than list it on the PBS.www.abc.net.auA new report out today points to the importance of being proactive and strategic in dealing with how AI will change our workplaces. There's already anxiety in communities like Kooyong about graduate underemployment, career progression, and how AI's productivity gains will be distributed.
Where AI could reshape Australia politicsA new report released today from the University of Sydney Business School has created Australia’s first AI Exposure Index for all 150 federal electorates, revealing where AI-driven changes to work cou...www.sydney.edu.auToday at 2pm, the govt will test AusAlert, Australia's new national emergency warning system. A loud siren alert will be sent to all mobile devices in 🇦🇺 including most phones and some tablets and smartwatches at 2pm (AEST). Putting your device on silent or Do Not Disturb will not stop the alert.
The test coming to all mobile devices and what to know before it landsAustralia is about to get its first taste of a new nationwide emergency warning system, where millions of devices across the country are expected to sound off simultaneously later today.abc.net.auDoes it make sense that all states have passed laws supportive of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) services, but the federal government won't allow advice to be given by telehealth, or scripts be sent by text or email? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Albanese personally opposed to Labor push on voluntary assisted dyingThe prime minister says he is unconvinced Australians should be allowed to access voluntary assisted dying via telehealth, holding concerns over its "misuse".www.abc.net.auThe NT govt is throwing its support behind 12 new data centres and gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. Fracking Beetaloo threatens the NT's water and river systems, and could release up to 1.4bn tonnes of greenhouse gases… www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
NT government opens door to AI industry powered by Beetaloo gasThe Northern Territory government wants to develop the "data centre capital of the globe" and says natural gas will be key to succeeding.www.abc.net.auThe Labor Party has received more than $4 million in donations from the gambling industry over five years, including $1.5 million during the last election campaign.
Labor’s millions in gambling donations revealed amid last-ditch push for reformThe Labor Party collected more than $4 million in gambling donations over the last five years, including $1.5 million around the last election.www.theage.com.auOn Monday I attended a Council meeting with over thirty Kooyong residents. Every person who spoke supported Council's 2025 approval of a new 8 storey apartment building in Hawthorn. The developer is now asking for expedited approval to increase the building to 16 storeys.
Political heavyweights join campaign against 16-storey towerThe proposed building is four storeys above government-mandated height limits for the activity centre around Hawthorn.www.theage.com.auAustralia has warmed by 1.59°C since the early 20th century, and the impact of that change is impossible to ignore.
Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above averageResorts in New South Wales and Victoria face a warm and dry start to the season with only sporadic falls of natural snow in many alpine areaswww.theguardian.comOur PBS has for decades secured us affordable medicines and devices. But it's too slow to approve new medications, and it's under threat from Donald Trump’s attacks on international pricing.
The 18 important medicines that Australians are missing out onPharmaceutical companies warn Australia’s complex approvals process is turning off drug companies, as the Trump administration stokes global pricing pressures.www.theage.com.auToday, we secured a big win. The government and Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) have listened to the MS community, with the Health Minister confirming that Ocrevus, Kesimpta and Lemtrada will remain available on the PBS.
Life-changing MS drugs to stay on the PBS. So why are others under threat – and how is Trump involved?Health minister Mark Butler confirms Ocrevus, Kesimpta and Lemtrada will stay subsidised amid questions about the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schemewww.theguardian.comNext year, 285,000 students will pay more than $54,000 for arts, law and commerce degrees, and more than $90,000 for double degrees. The government has long been critical of the Job-ready Graduates scheme, but it's been in place longer under Anthony Albanese than Scott Morrison.
‘Not fair at all’: Hundreds of thousands more students to be slugged with high feesA government body will deliver its verdict on the cost of university education in mid-2027. Meanwhile, students continue to pay up to $50,000 for an arts degree.www.smh.com.auFour Australian women have been killed in four days by men known to them. This is heartbreaking. My thoughts are with the families, friends, and communities grieving the loss of loved ones.
Violence against women under national spotlight after four deaths in four daysExperts are calling for more research and better funding for domestic violence prevention after four women and girls were killed in separate incidents last week.www.abc.net.au