‘I want to be PM’, teal Monique Ryan told ‘overworked’ staffer

Patrick Durkin and David Marin-Guzman

Mar 3, 2023 – 1.14pm

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Teal MP Monique Ryan told her chief of staff Sally Rugg she needed to work “as hard as I want” because “this is bigger than Kooyong” and she wants to be “prime minister one day”, Ms Rugg claims in court documents released by the Federal Court on Friday.

Ms Rugg – who was paid a base salary of $136,607 plus a parliamentary staff allowance of $29,862 – is seeking financial compensation from Dr Ryan and the Commonwealth after claiming that she was forced to work more than 70 hours “week in and week out and most weekends”.

Patrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership.

David Marin-Guzman writes about industrial relations, workplace, policy and leadership from Sydney.