MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

Now it's time to vote Yes

07 September 2017

Today the High Court chose to uphold the Turnbull Government's $122 million postal survey as constitutionally valid.

Government needs to prevent Japan's illegal whaling activities

29 August 2017

The announcement by Sea Shepherd today that it will no longer be conducting its protests in the Southern Ocean will put a renewed focus on what action the Australian Government is taking to prevent Japan from ignoring the agreed moratorium.

The government is attacking Australian writers, musicians, artists, stories and jobs

26 August 2017

The government's response to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Intellectual Property Arrangements is an attack on the publishing industry and Australian stories. The response has failed to deliver certainty that the future of the industry will be supported.

Labor welcomes Royal Commission report

14 August 2017

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse today released 85 new recommendations to improve the nation's criminal justice systems.

No legal protections for postal survey

10 August 2017

Revelations that the government's ridiculous $122 million postal survey on marriage equality will have no legal protections against voter fraud, bribery or deceptive campaign material have completely undermined its integrity before ballots are even sent out.

Turnbull fails again on marriage equality

07 August 2017

The outcome of this evening's coalition party room meeting is a severe disappointment to LGBTI Australians, their families, and those who love them

Turnbull must act on alarming rates of Indigenous people with disabilities in justice system

25 July 2017

Today's ABC Radio Perth news reports that 95% of Indigenous Australians appearing in court have a mental or physical disability have reignited the discussion on the need for national justice targets under the Closing the Gap framework.

Postal plebiscite: the idea that won't die

14 July 2017

Even after the Parliament and Australian people comprehensively said no to a plebiscite on marriage equality, the government is keeping the zombie idea of a postal plebiscite alive

Turnbull government must notify Australians if their Medicare numbers have been breached

05 July 2017

The Government's admission that they had no idea that Medicare numbers of Australians were up for grabs on the internet is alarming.

Data confirms Newcastle courts in crisis

30 June 2017

Shocking new data has revealed that judges in Newcastle's Family Circuit Court are straining under workloads twice the size of the national average thanks to the Turnbull Government's failure to fill a critical judicial position.