MARK DREYFUS MP

Labor welcomes the Government's initial response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Today Labor committed to ground-breaking reform to tackle forced marriage alongside representatives from the Salvation Army, Anti-Slavery Australia and ACRATH Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans.

Today's consensus report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 is an important achievement.

Labor welcomes the government's acknowledgement of the crisis in the family court system, and the pain it is causing families caught up in it.

Today the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed that the government will end funding for the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce from July next year right after the expected completion of the Banking Royal Commission.

After months of prevarication from the Coalition, Attorney-General Christian Porter has written to Labor and formally refused the offer of bipartisan support for the creation of a National Integrity Commission.

Labor welcomes the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters report into section 44 of the Constitution.

Turnbull's extraordinary attack on Queensland's political donation thresholds proves the Liberals will do anything to avoid improved transparency in Australia's democratic processes.

The ability of the Commonwealth Prosecutor to tackle corporate crime including any recommendations for prosecution that will arise from the Financial Services Royal Commission has been called into doubt by significant cuts in last night's budget.

Today’s revelations of lost customer data by Commonwealth Bank has shown the Turnbull government’s weakness yet again in failing to take a stand against big business abuse of consumer data and privacy.