MARK DREYFUS MP

Peter Dutton's Liberal and Nationals MPs have today voted against the Albanese Government’s legislation to make the family court system safer for families and children.

The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), has amended the Letters Patent to extend the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.

The Albanese Government is delivering on election commitments and investing in a justice system that keeps Australians safe, better protects women and children and advances integrity and accountability across public institutions.

The Commonwealth and the Northern Territory Governments have today signed two national partnership agreements to deliver $14.2 million in additional policing and other community safety support for Alice Springs.

The Albanese Government will appoint a standalone Privacy Commissioner to deal with the growing threats to data security and the increasing volume and complexity of privacy issues.

The Albanese Government is investing $14.7 million to strengthen the way the criminal justice system responds to sexual assault and prevent further harm to victims through the justice process.

Today I joined the Australian Institute of Criminology, Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Federal Police and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, civil society, frontline responders and policy makers who work with survivors of modern slavery in Australia for a conference on how to better support modern slavery survivors through criminal justice processes.

The Albanese Government has commenced consultation on overdue reforms to Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime.

At the request of Commissioner the Hon Justice Stephen Rothman AM I have agreed to an extension for the reporting date for the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) review of religious exemptions for educational institutions in Federal anti-discrimination law.

I welcome today’s decision of the ACT Supreme Court to make public sentencing remarks from the ‘Alan Johns’ case.