MARK DREYFUS MP

According to reports today, state and territory Attorneys-General have forced the government into a humiliating backdown, ordering Peter Dutton's Department to reverse a ruling that could have let foreigners charged with serious crimes escape scot-free.

This morning, hidden at the bottom of a press release from the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Nationals about regional decentralisation, the government announced the Australian Law Reform Commission would be moved to Brisbane.

Today, the Leader of the Opposition has written to the Prime Minister urging him to agree to a bipartisan taskforce, led by the Attorney-General and Shadow Attorney-General, to create a National Integrity Commission

All eight state and territory Directors of Public Prosecution have been forced to issue a warning that Peter Dutton's Department is ready to let criminals return to their home countries without facing justice, according to reports.

Revelations last night that former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was planning to introduce a National Integrity Commission before being rolled show the deep divisions within the coalition on this important issue.

Labor will hold the government accountable to its pledge to remove discrimination against LGBTI children in schools, with an inquiry to progress this issue in light of stalling by the Morrison Government.

Labor joins with the Government in congratulating Australian Defence Force Brigadier Cheryl Pearce as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

Labor welcomes the government’s long overdue recognition of the importance of the Pacific.

Reports today that Member for Dunkley Chris Crewther invested in a company that has received federal grants after spruiking those very grants in Parliament cast serious doubts over his eligibility for Parliament and mean he must be referred to the High Court.

For eight months, the government has repeatedly refused Labor's offer to work together on establishing a National Integrity Commission.