MARK DREYFUS MP

The Australian Government is today introducing legislation to ensure identity verification services are secure and protect the privacy of Australians.

I am pleased to announce five appointments to the Defence Force Discipline Appeals Tribunal.

The Albanese Government will host a Ministerial Forum on Child Safety, inviting all states and territories, to progress national reforms to prevent child sexual abuse in Australia.

Commonwealth statutory declarations are moving into the digital age with legislation introduced today to make permanent the use of digital execution, electronic signatures and video-link witnessing in place of the centuries old ink and paper.

The Australian Government has today launched minimum practice standards for specialist and community support services for child sexual abuse.

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Graeme Head AO to lead a review of the Family Relationships Services Program (FRSP).

On today’s fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), I would like to acknowledge the crucial role the Centre plays in combating child exploitation in Australia.

I am pleased to announce the appointments of Mr Christopher Horan KC and Mr Yaseen Shariff SC as judges of the Federal Court of Australia.

The Australian Government has today released proposed reforms to the Bankruptcy Act 1966 for consultation.

Today, the Australian Government convened a national roundtable to hear from those who have experienced these terrible crimes, and their advocates, on how we can strengthen justice responses to sexual violence and ensure these responses don’t add to their trauma.