Mark Dreyfus MP

Legal services are having to turn away up to half the financially disadvantaged and vulnerable women escaping domestic and family violence who come to them desperate for help.

Labor has today requested the Information Commissioner investigate deeply concerning reports that the personal information of more than 35,000 Australians has been scraped from social media accounts and other sources for potential use by foreign intelligence services.

Federal Labor expresses our deep sorrow at the passing of Lorna Cubillo, who led the landmark  Stolen Generations case against the Commonwealth.

Labor objects to the US Administration’s decision to sanction International Criminal Court officials.

The final report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security inquiry into freedom of the press has unanimously concluded that existing Australian law does not adequately protect freedom of the press.

The Federal Court has today delivered a humiliating rebuff to the Morrison Government and the Western Australian Liberals over their support for Clive Palmer’s bid to tear down WA’s border controls against COVID-19.

Labor will stand up for the rights of ordinary Australians seeking access to justice by moving to disallow the Morrison Government’s attempt to stop class actions by regulation.

The Prime Minister must take immediate action against senior members of his own Government involved in branch stacking and abuse of Commonwealth resources.

The Attorney-General must release the unclassified report of the Richardson review of the legal framework governing the Australian National Intelligence Community.

The Morrison Government must immediately explain what action it is taking over the extraordinary and deeply concerning revelations in today’s Nine Newspapers concerning the Australian Federal Police investigation into Ben Roberts-Smith VC.