MARK DREYFUS MP

As National Reconciliation Week draws to a close, Labor is reiterating our call for the Government to adopt clear targets and policies to reduce rates of Indigenous incarceration and child removal.

Labor welcomes the High Courts decision that the Commonwealth was wrong to refuse access to the letters between Sir John Kerr and The Queen surrounding the 1975 Dismissal of the Whitlam Government.

Labor strongly welcomes the decision by Australian Federal Police to not proceed with charges against journalist Annika Smethurst.

Labor welcomes the Israeli court decision that Malka Leifer is mentally fit to be extradited to Australia.

Attorney-General Christian Porter has today found yet another excuse to delay action on a National Integrity Commission despite warnings "of huge corruption risks.

The Morrison Government's announcement of new regulations for litigation funders has exposed the inquiry it announced into the sector just last week as a sham.

Privacy protections for the COVIDSafe app have been strengthened as a result of agreement between Labor and the Government.

The Morrison Governments inquiry into class actions and litigation funding is a shameless move towards denying justice, and fair compensation for ordinary Australians.

Labor welcomes today's release of previously redacted sections of the final report of The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, that relate to Cardinal George Pell.

Labor welcomes today's announcement of additional funding for frontline legal services to support Australians impacted by COVID-19.