MARK DREYFUS MP

The Australian Government today introduced legislation to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to assist the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Organisations working with Indigenous communities to improve community safety and reduce adverse contact with the criminal justice system are encouraged to apply for a grant before the funding round closes on Friday next week.

Federal Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus and NSW Minister for Emergency Services Michael Gallacher have announced a further 20 areas are eligible for disaster assistance following bush fires across NSW.

Federal Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus and NSW Minister for Emergency Services Michael Gallacher have today announced an additional five Local Government Areas will receive assistance through the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements following storms and floods in Northern NSW.

Christopher Pyne’s callous non-apology today for his deeply offensive comments comparing the Australian Government with Hitler’s Third Reich must be condemned by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

I would like to thank Prime Minister Gillard for the honour of this appointment as first law
officer of Australia.

The Prime Minister's announcement today will put renewed focus on the Coalition's lack of credibility when it comes to climate change.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has begun the new year with a fresh round of shameless deceit on climate change.

Australia's first environmental planting projects have been registered under the Gillard Government's Carbon Farming Initiative, which rewards landholders for cutting or avoiding carbon pollution on the land.

Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus, today toured Western Victoria, visiting Ararat's impressive 52.5MW Challicum Hills wind farm which marks its 10th anniversary this year.