MARK DREYFUS MP

Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus QC and Northern Territory Chief Minister and Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services Adam Giles have announced assistance to local government areas affected by the flooding associated with the monsoonal trough that occurred in the Top End from February to April 2013.

The Attorney-General and acting Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, Mark Dreyfus, has today congratulated the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on the arrest of the self-proclaimed leader of hacking group Lulz Security (Lulzsec).

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today announced that the Redfern Legal Centre will receive a one-off funding boost of $60,000 to support its financial counselling credit and debt service.

The Queensland Government has been caught out trying to mislead Queenslanders in a disgraceful attempt to politicise Queensland's flood recovery.

The Newman Government needs to embrace the 21st century and allow modernisation of the UK's royal succession laws, which would do away with the preference for a male heir and exclusion of Catholics, among other restrictions.

The ridiculous claim by the Queensland Attorney-General today that national unexplained wealth laws are a Commonwealth cash grab is a deliberate misrepresentation of the national plan to be discussed at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) tomorrow.

The Fitzroy Legal Service in Victoria will receive a one-off funding injection of $100,000 to assist with the production of its highly regarded Law Handbook.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today announced four appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The Tribunal provides independent merits review of administrative decisions made by Australian Government ministers, agencies and other tribunals.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC will appear in Australia's whaling case against Japan which has now been set down for a three week hearing in the International Court of Justice in the Hague from 26 June, 2013.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today welcomed the renaming of the Federal Magistrates Court as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and improved processes for the handling of complaints about federal judicial officers.