MARK DREYFUS MP

Today it became embarrassingly clear that the Abbott-Turnbull Government plans to go to the 2016 election with absolutely no arts policy.

A Shorten Labor Government will deliver Community Legal Centres across the country the funding they need to keep their doors open, after three years of devastating cuts by the Abbott-Turnbull Government.

A Shorten Labor Government would ensure Community Legal Centres have the funds they need to keep their doors open and can continue to serve those in the community who need them the most.

A Shorten Labor Government will restore the essential role of the arts and creative industries to their rightful place in Australia's cultural and economic life.

A Shorten Labor Government will ensure the Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centres in Mirrabooka and Joondalup have the funds they need to keep their doors open and can continue to serve those in the community who need them the most.

Residents of Launceston have woken to the shocking news today that the Launceston Community Legal Centre will have to shed nearly half of its staff by December, thanks to harsh funding cuts by the Abbott-Turnbull Government.

A Shorten Labor Government will appoint a full-time LGBTI Discrimination Commissioner to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

I can confirm the office of Labor Senator Stephen Conroy has this evening been searched by the AFP. I understand two Labor staff members have also been named in warrants relating to this matter.

A Shorten Labor Government will introduce a Domestic Gas National Interest Test for new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities to ensure exporting natural gas is in the interests of all Australians.

Last night's revelations on ABCs 730, putting Fadden MP Stuart Robert at the centre of a scandal engulfing the Gold Coast council, must be the final straw for Malcolm Turnbull's support for the disgraced former minister.