MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

Additional Disaster Assistance for Victorian farmers

05 July 2013

Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus QC and Victorian Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan today announced additional assistance for farmers hit by severe weather events in Victoria in December 2011, February-March 2012 and June 2012.

Funding boost for NSW environmental defenders

03 July 2013

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC and Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General Shayne Neumann today announced an annual funding increase of $300,000 for the environmental defenders office EDO NSW, its largest ever funding boost.

Report into Freedom of Information completed

01 July 2013

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC has today received a report on freedom of information laws by eminent former senior public servant and diplomat Dr Allan Hawke AC.

Flooded Victorian communities to receive disaster assistance

29 June 2013

Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus QC and Victorian Minister for Police and Emergency Services Kim Wells today announced disaster assistance to help Victorian communities affected by the June 2013 flood event.

Five Judges appointed to the Family Court of Australia

28 June 2013

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today announced five new appointments to the Family Court of Australia.

Historic new treaty to help visually impaired

28 June 2013

The Australian Government welcomes the adoption in Marrakesh of a new international treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired people.

Disaster assistance for New South Wales communities

28 June 2013

Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus QC and NSW Minister for Emergency Services Michael Gallacher today announced disaster assistance for the NSW local government area of Nambucca after it was affected by severe storms, flooding and landslides in late May 2013.

Australia's whaling case starts in international court of justice

26 June 2013

Tonight Australia's expert legal team will begin presenting its case in the International Court of Justice in The Hague against Japan's whale hunting in the Southern Ocean

Whistleblower Laws Passed

26 June 2013

Public-sector whistleblowers will have greater protection under legislation passed by the Government today.

Parliament passes historic Sex Discrimination Amendment Bill

26 June 2013

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC has welcomed the passage through Parliament of the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill, which legislates long-overdue protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.