MARK DREYFUS MP

All organisations responsible for horrific child sexual abuse must meet their obligations as part of the proposed national redress scheme.

Labor remains steadfastly opposed to the government's wasteful, hurtful $122 million postal survey on marriage equality which we've already seen has inflicted hurt and suffering on vulnerable LGBTI Australians and their families.

The Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter must urgently introduce legislation to establish a nationally consistent redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse.

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

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'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.

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

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.

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

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.