MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

Brandis's claims of ignorance on Bell stretch credibility

07 December 2016

It has been confirmed today that Senator Brandis's own office sought a briefing on the matter of the Bell Group liquidation as far back as mid-2015 - making the Attorney-Generals claims that he knew nothing of the matter until March 2016 utterly unbelievable.

Another parliamentary year ends without privacy alerts

01 December 2016

Today Australians were on the brink of finally being given a basic privacy protection which they have waited three years for, but the Government has squibbed it yet again.

Inquiry into the WA Kickback Scandal

29 November 2016

This afternoon the Senate voted to establish an inquiry into the Attorney-Generals gross mishandling of the Bell Group litigation in the High Court of Australia.

Statement on High Court appointments

29 November 2016

Labor warmly welcomes the appointment of The Hon Susan Kiefel AC as Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the appointment of The Hon James Edelman to the High Court.

Brandis blames everyone but himself

28 November 2016

Senator Brandis's statement in the Senate today was one of the most remarkable attempts at blame-shifting this Parliament has surely ever seen.

Brandis must explain on Bell

25 November 2016

Reports in this morning's West Australian newspaper, if true, suggest that George Brandis has put the interests of his West Australian Liberal mates ahead of the Commonwealth, the Constitution, the Australian Taxation Office, and hundreds of millions of dollars that was owed to the Australian taxpayer.

Turnbull refuses to match Labor's commitment to family violence victims

23 November 2016

Today in Question Time, Prime Minister Turnbull was offered the chance to join Labor in a bipartisan effort to stop family violence survivors being cross-examined by their abusers in court.

Turnbull's redress mess must be fixed

17 November 2016

The Turnbull Government's plan for a National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse has been thrown into doubt.

Abbott: Protections against race hate speech 'unAustralian'

11 November 2016

In another sign of Malcolm Turnbull's inability to control the right wing of his party, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has this morning made an outrageous set of statements about Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Brandis surrenders on Legal Services Direction

10 November 2016

After all of the blustering, posturing and lying, it has come to this George Brandis has reversed his own Legal Services Direction, which limited the role of the Solicitor-General to such an extent that it forced Justin Gleeson to resign.