MARK DREYFUS MP

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

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

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.

The 2016 Census released today reveals there are 46,800 same-sex couples in Australia, up nearly 40 per cent in five years.

Internal divisions in the Liberal Party are the biggest impediment to making a marriage equality a reality in Australia.

Today the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee condemned Attorney-General George Brandis's wilful defiance of the Senate and refusal to tell the truth on a matter where $300 million of taxpayer money was at stake.

Labor warmly welcomes the appointment of Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM as the next President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).

It has been a long time coming, but today the government has finally acted to implement the Marrakesh Treaty an international agreement which improves access to thousands of printed works for people with disability under Copyright Law.

Labor has today voted in favour of legislation that will restore certainty to the native title system in Australia, after extensive consultation with Indigenous groups.

Labor will do everything we can to ensure Carly's Law - which aims to protect vulnerable young children online passes the Parliament.