MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

Update on Australia's response to Vanuatu earthquake

18 December 2024

Australia’s initial humanitarian assistance to support recovery efforts following yesterday’s devastating Port Vila earthquake will arrive in Vanuatu this afternoon.

 

Appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal

16 December 2024

The Australian Government has appointed 11 new General Members to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), on two and three-year terms, to commence between January and March 2025.

Second Implementation Update on the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse

16 December 2024

Today I have released the Second Annual Report on the progress made by governments under the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021—2030 (National Strategy).

Victim-survivors support criminalisation of coercive control

12 December 2024

New research has revealed victim-survivors support the criminalisation of coercive control and want improved justice and support services.

Consultation opens on the National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People

12 December 2024

Australians are invited to share their views on the consultation draft of the National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People 2024-2034.

Appointment to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)

12 December 2024

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dianne Simpson as a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1). Ms Simpson will commence on 3 February 2025 in the Sydney Registry.

Official Opening of Pacific Policing Initiative Pinkenba Hub

10 December 2024

Police Ministers and Commissioners from across the Pacific have today come together to officially launch the next stage of the Pacific Policing Initiative.

National education resource for the justice sector on sexual assault

09 December 2024

The Australian Government has published a national educational resource for the justice sector to improve the experience of victims and survivors in the justice system.

Another day, another Peter Dutton lie

08 December 2024

Contrary to the claim made by Peter Dutton today, the Albanese Government’s legislation criminalising doxxing was passed by the Parliament in November. It passed the Parliament without the support of Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party.

Strengthening Jewish Community Safety

08 December 2024

Today the Albanese Government committed $32.5 million to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) to further enhance security at Jewish community sites including synagogues and schools.