House of Representatives
Monique Ryan
Monique Ryan is the Independent MP for Kooyong. First elected 21 May 2022.
- 2022 Won Kooyong, entered parliament
- Independent
What do they focus on?
Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.
Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.
How do they vote?
With no party line, this shows how often their votes matched each party's majority.
How do they compare?
- Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 4.1 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
- Votes against their party i Independents have no party line, so crossing it can't be counted for them.
No party line to cross — see how they vote.
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 6 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 33 avg 7.9 226
Her strong climate, integrity and equality agenda is more progressive than the near-Labor position implied by votes that also support some government and business measures. Topic strips exclude accountability and process votes; read small counts loosely.
What have they done lately?
On 30 June 2026, she spoke in support of stronger social-media age enforcement, saying stronger investigative powers and higher penalties would help enforce age restrictions. On 1 July, however, she voted Aye on a specific question criticising those restrictions and demanding wider child-safety action; that question was defeated 43–92. This Aye records her position on that question, not necessarily opposition to the whole bill.
On 27 May, she opposed the NDIS reform bill, arguing it could cut disability supports before safeguards and replacement services were ready. On 1 July, she voted Aye on several specific NDIS amendment questions, all defeated, and No on one safeguards question, which carried 101–7.
When do they vote against their party?
Not applicable. As an independent, Monique has no party line. The alignment figures show how often their votes matched each party’s majority.
What do they say in debate?
105 tracked speeches across 102 bills.
- 71 backing a bill
- 14 with reservations
- 14 against
- 6 no clear position
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About these numbers
Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.
Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.