MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

National agreement on redress for survivors of child sexual abuse must be delivered

19 May 2017

Federal Labor is concerned by a lack of progress in securing an agreement on a national redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, following today's meeting between the Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter and state attorneys-general.

Ministers defended on the taxpayer dollar

15 May 2017

Attorney-General George Brandis's revelation in Senate Question Time today that he personally authorised the use of taxpayer dollars to defend three government ministers in court on a contempt matter is shocking.

Brandis mishandling delays Native Title Bill

11 May 2017

The incompetence of George Brandis has today prevented important native title reforms being passed through the Parliament.

Brandis is no saviour of the Family Courts

11 May 2017

After spending four years attacking free legal assistance, resisting cross-examination reform and creating crushing backlogs in the work of the court system, George Brandis's self-proclaimed reinvention as the saviour of the family court system is galling.

Plebiscite is back from the dead

10 May 2017

Not all the zombie budget measures were destroyed in last night's unfair budget unbelievably, the Turnbull government has brought the marriage equality plebiscite back from the dead.

Cross-examination reform welcome, but where's the money?

10 May 2017

The Turnbull Government has taken three years to accept the Productivity Commission's 2014 recommendation to stop alleged domestic violence perpetrators from personally cross-examining their victims, after arguing for more than a year the changes were not necessary.

Plain packaging laws again upheld

05 May 2017

The World Trade Organisation has upheld Labor's world-first plain packaging laws, in a severe blow to tobacco companies who have tried to undermine these laws from the start.

Government must explain what it knew about AFP breach

28 April 2017

Today's admission that the Australian Federal Police illegally accessed the metadata of a journalist is shocking.

National security must not be a political plaything

27 April 2017

Reports today that a new Department of Homeland Security will be created in the next Turnbull government reshuffle should be deeply concerning to all Australians.

Brandis backflips on legal centre funding

24 April 2017

Today's announcement of a reversal in cuts to Community Legal Centres and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services is a humiliating backdown for George Brandis and a victory for campaigners around Australia.