MARK DREYFUS MP

The shocking findings that 80 per cent of Muslim people living in Australia have experienced discrimination based on their religion, race or ethnicity is further evidence for the need for Australia to establish and implement a National Anti-Racism Framework.

The Morrison Government should stop dragging its feet and urgently and comprehensively address major challenges with the National Redress Scheme.

After eight long years in office, the Liberals have finally acknowledged that female lawyers in Victoria are every bit as qualified as men to serve as judges.

Labor welcomes the campaign by over 150 leading Australian writers, researchers and thinkers calling for the National Archives of Australia to be saved from the Morrison Government’s wanton neglect.

The ABC has today directly contradicted the wild claims made by former Attorney-General Christian Porter about his failed defamation action.

Labor is deeply saddened by the passing of eminent Australian lawyer and jurist James Crawford.

The decision by the former Attorney-General Christian Porter to abandon his defamation action against the ABC means Mr Morrison no longer has an excuse to refuse to hold an independent inquiry into these allegations.

Senate Estimates has confirmed that not only does Scott Morrison’s No Integrity Commission have no staff, its budget has now been effectively wiped.

Today marks four years since First Nations leaders from across the nation delivered the Uluru Statement from the Heart. 

Taxpayers are footing the bills for the legal stumbles of Scott Morrison’s ministers, even when they are at fault and their legal bills have little to do with their official duties.