MARK DREYFUS MP

Legislation introduced today will help protect Australia against any repeat of the former Liberal Government’s illegal and immoral Robodebt scheme by ensuring Commonwealth agencies are subject to stronger and more rigorous scrutiny.

New research has highlighted the need for further improvement in justice and support services to protect victim survivors from coercive control.

The Australian Government proposes to recommend to the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, 43 new appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), the new federal administrative review body that will replace the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) from 14 October 2024.

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report Homicide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women has found that between 1 July 1989 and 30 June 2023, a total of 476 Indigenous women were victims of homicide with seventy-two percent killed by their current or former intimate partner.

The Albanese Government is today announcing a further six initiatives as part of the largest commitment to justice reinvestment ever delivered by the Commonwealth.

I am pleased to announce the appointments of Lisa Doust and Vanessa Jane Leishman as Judges of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).

Today the Australian Government has launched a children’s storybook which will help adults from all cultures and backgrounds have preventative conversations about child sexual abuse with children and young people.

The Parliament has passed the final piece of legislative reform that fulfils the Albanese Government’s commitment to implement all recommendations of the landmark Respect@Work report.

The Australian Government has awarded $13.5 million for community safety programs, with funding going to Police Citizens Youth Clubs, Blue Light Organisations and other eligible organisations across Australia through the new U25-GO program.

The Australian Government has taken another significant step towards the creation of a new, fit-for-purpose federal administrative review body with the release of new regulations ensuring integrity in appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART).