MARK DREYFUS MP

A Shorten Labor Government will ensure the Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centres in Mirrabooka and Joondalup have the funds they need to keep their doors open and can continue to serve those in the community who need them the most.

Residents of Launceston have woken to the shocking news today that the Launceston Community Legal Centre will have to shed nearly half of its staff by December, thanks to harsh funding cuts by the Abbott-Turnbull Government.

A Shorten Labor Government will appoint a full-time LGBTI Discrimination Commissioner to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

I can confirm the office of Labor Senator Stephen Conroy has this evening been searched by the AFP. I understand two Labor staff members have also been named in warrants relating to this matter.

A Shorten Labor Government will introduce a Domestic Gas National Interest Test for new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities to ensure exporting natural gas is in the interests of all Australians.

Last night's revelations on ABCs 730, putting Fadden MP Stuart Robert at the centre of a scandal engulfing the Gold Coast council, must be the final straw for Malcolm Turnbull's support for the disgraced former minister.

Attorney-General George Brandis has once again demonstrated his utter disrespect for Australia's justice system, pretending for the second time to appoint a new judge to a marginal Liberal seat when in fact a transfer has taken place, leaving the families in another district to wait even longer for justice.

Today 62 major and well-respected arts organisations have received the devastating news that they have been defunded by the Australia Council, in some cases threatening their ongoing existence.

The Turnbull Government has confirmed today that it will not fix the 30 per cent funding cliff front-line legal services will face on 1 July 2017, including those that assist in relation to family violence.

Labor holds serious concerns about the failure of the Abbott-Turnbull Government to announce a replacement for a Federal Circuit Court Judge in North and North West Tasmania who is due to retire before the July 2 election.