MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

Turnbull Attacks Environmental Groups And Civil Society

04 May 2016

Malcolm Turnbull is continuing Tony Abbott's ideological attack on environmental advocacy groups.

Government Sneaks Out $12M Funding Dump On Budget Eve

02 May 2016

Arts minister Mitch Fifield has chosen the day before the budget to unceremoniously dump details of 79 arts grants from his Catalyst fund, without so much as a press release.

17 Months And No Good News For Access To Justice

29 April 2016

Today, late on a Friday afternoon the week before the budget, Attorney-General George Brandis released his response to a vital Productivity Commission report on Access to Justice delivered to him 17 months ago in September 2014.

Government Follows Labor's Lead On Disability Discrimination Commissioner

28 April 2016

Another day, another example of the Turnbull Government following Labor's lead on an important policy issue.

Labor Will Appoint A Full-Time Disability Discrimination Commissioner

28 April 2016

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

Government Plays Catch-Up On Foreign Bribery

23 April 2016

Labor welcomes today's belated announcement that Australian law enforcement agencies will get a $15 million funding boost to tackle the scourge of foreign bribery, delivered by the Abbott-Turnbull government as it finally responds to repeated calls throughout its three-year term to take the problem seriously.

Worrying Revelations On Foreign Bribery

22 April 2016

Revelations from today's Senate Economics Committee inquiry raise serious concerns about the ability of Australian law enforcement agencies to act swiftly on allegations of foreign bribery.

Slomo: You Forgot About Whistleblowers

21 April 2016

In his mad scrambling response to Labor's call for a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services, Treasurer Scott Morrison has ignored ASIC's own calls to improve Australia's corporate whistleblower laws.

Winmalee Bushfire Victims Priced Out Of Rebuilding Their Own Homes

21 April 2016

Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Mark Dreyfus today visited the Blue Mountains town of Winmalee, devastated in a 2013 bushfire which claimed 200 homes, to see first-hand the difficulties victims are having in rebuilding their own homes.

Australians Still Don't Know When Their Personal Cyber Security Has Been Breached

21 April 2016

Three years after mandatory data breach notification legislation was introduced into the Parliament by the Labor government, the Liberal Party is set to squib it on this important cyber-security measure once again