The inside story of the woman who took down Josh Frydenberg
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For independent MP Monique Ryan, unseating federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg at the May election was an incredible feeling. \\u201cIt was the most fun night of my life,\\u201d Ryan says of becoming the member for Kooyong, a blue ribbon Victorian seat that had always been Liberal. \\u201cThere\\u2019s no doubt about it.\\u201d
And yet in the wash up - assessing the three month election campaign and the three months since her win - she\\u2019s also come to see politics as a \\u201cvery brutal blood sport\\u201d, filled with emotional and interpersonal challenges she simply didn\'t see coming. As she heads to Canberra, she freely admits she\'s on a very steep learning curve.
Ryan discusses her former life as a paediatrician, the election campaign and her hopes for the next three years with\\xa0Good Weekend\\xa0senior writer Melissa Fyfe, who penned today\\u2019s magazine cover story about Ryan.
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