31 March 2017
The debate over the government's Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 has finally ended with a whimper.
31 March 2017
Last night's defeat of changes to section 18C in the Senate is a victory for multicultural Australia of which we should all be proud.
30 March 2017
Today the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreement) Bill was withdrawn from debate in the Senate, thanks to George Brandis's incompetent handling of the Bill.
28 March 2017
The Government is falsely claiming that it is strengthening the law by removing insult, offend and humiliate from section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
28 March 2017
On Monday night the Australian Taxation Office made a significant revelation about the Bell Group matter in March 2016, they suspected George Brandis was about to issue a direction to stop them intervening in the Bell High Court case, and they were so worried that they sought legal advice about how to handle that possibility.
27 March 2017
Today a Senate motion introduced by Labor and co-sponsored by Senators Jacqui Lambie, Derryn Hinch, the Greens and the Nick Xenophon Team condemning the governments cruel cuts to Community Legal Centres (CLCs) has passed the Senate.
27 March 2017
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has once again failed to bring the Turnbull Government’s flawed media reform legislation into the Senate.
25 March 2017
The Labor Party is encouraged by reports today that the Prime Minister might finally overturn his government's ridiculous opposition to implementing justice targets under the Closing the Gap framework.
23 March 2017
Today's story in The Australian newspaper is utterly false. There is no secret plan to overhaul discrimination law in this country.
23 March 2017
Labor will strengthen native title protections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians when the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreement) Bill returns to the Parliament.
