‘Angry men behaving badly wherever you looked’: Dr Monique Ryan on her second election battle

Dr Monique Ryan held her seat, but her margin shrank by 75%.
Dr Monique Ryan. Twitter/X,
Dr Monique Ryan. Twitter/X.

In her second election, Dr Monique Ryan’s seat was one of the most closely watched.

The paediatric neurologist turned teal independent held onto the Melbourne seat of Kooyong after a week-long vote count, albeit her margin shrank from 6035 votes to just 1532.

Was it a difficult decision to seek another three years in the notoriously aggressive workplace environment that is Parliament House?

“I actually do not find Parliament too difficult,” Dr Ryan told AusDoc.