MARK DREYFUS MP

Legislation has passed the Senate with bipartisan support to modernise Australia's Referendum Act and ensure that the voting process and voter experience mirrors that of a federal election, including pre-poll and postal voting.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council in Montreal has upheld the Council’s jurisdiction to hear Australia and the Netherlands’ case against Russia for the downing of Flight MH17.

On the 10th anniversary of the introduction of key modern slavery offences in the Criminal Code the Albanese Government is announcing $2.7million in further grants funding for organisations to prevent these heinous crimes and support victims.

Today I am holding a national roundtable on personal insolvency to identify reforms needed to Australia’s bankruptcy laws.

Flood affected communities in NSW will be able to obtain free legal advice as a result of a $7 million Commonwealth funding investment to aid ongoing relief and recovery.

The Albanese Government is partnering with the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research to assist in formal consultation on the National Justice Reinvestment Program and establishing a National Justice Reinvestment Unit.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to implement all recommendations of the Respect@Work Report, and has opened a public consultation process on an appropriate cost model for Commonwealth anti discrimination proceedings.

The Australian Government welcomes the nomination of Her Excellency Judge Hilary Charlesworth for re-election as a Judge of the International Court of Justice.

Australia and the United Kingdom have today entered into a strategic partnership in their fight against public sector fraud.

The Albanese Government has committed to overdue reform of Australia’s metadata retention laws in its response to the bipartisan Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) review of the Mandatory Data Retention Regime.