01 August 2013
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC and Minister for Multicultural Affairs Senator Kate Lundy today announced a grant of $156,000 to the Australian Football League to extend the Bachar Houli Cup and Leadership Program for another year.
31 July 2013
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today joined senior members of the judiciary, legal profession and legal assistance sector at the Supreme Court of Victoria to commemorate forty years since the establishment of the Australian Legal Aid Office.
30 July 2013
The Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus QC, and the Minister for Health and Medical Research and Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, today announced new funding for the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre.
30 July 2013
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC has appointed Professor Barbara McDonald to head the Australian Law Reform Commission's inquiry into Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era.
30 July 2013
Acting Attorney-General Jason Clare announced today the re-listing of six terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code.
29 July 2013
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today announced the appointment of Dr Tim Soutphommasane as Race Discrimination Commissioner.
29 July 2013
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC and Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General Shayne Neumann today announced a comprehensive plan for a more collaborative national effort to tackle cybercrime.
29 July 2013
The Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee today launched guidelines for government and business to prevent, and respond to, shootings in places of mass gathering.
28 July 2013
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today announced that Jabhat al-Nusra had been listed as a terrorist organisation under Australia's counter-terrorism laws.
25 July 2013
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC and Parliamentary Secretary Shayne Neumann have announced new funding of $4 million over four years to support unrepresented litigants who would not otherwise have access to legal assistance and advice.