MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

No legal protections for postal survey

10 August 2017

Revelations that the government's ridiculous $122 million postal survey on marriage equality will have no legal protections against voter fraud, bribery or deceptive campaign material have completely undermined its integrity before ballots are even sent out.

Turnbull fails again on marriage equality

07 August 2017

The outcome of this evening's coalition party room meeting is a severe disappointment to LGBTI Australians, their families, and those who love them

Turnbull must act on alarming rates of Indigenous people with disabilities in justice system

25 July 2017

Today's ABC Radio Perth news reports that 95% of Indigenous Australians appearing in court have a mental or physical disability have reignited the discussion on the need for national justice targets under the Closing the Gap framework.

Postal plebiscite: the idea that won't die

14 July 2017

Even after the Parliament and Australian people comprehensively said no to a plebiscite on marriage equality, the government is keeping the zombie idea of a postal plebiscite alive

Turnbull government must notify Australians if their Medicare numbers have been breached

05 July 2017

The Government's admission that they had no idea that Medicare numbers of Australians were up for grabs on the internet is alarming.

Data confirms Newcastle courts in crisis

30 June 2017

Shocking new data has revealed that judges in Newcastle's Family Circuit Court are straining under workloads twice the size of the national average thanks to the Turnbull Government's failure to fill a critical judicial position.

46,800 couples left stranded by Mr Turnbull

27 June 2017

The 2016 Census released today reveals there are 46,800 same-sex couples in Australia, up nearly 40 per cent in five years.

Liberals dysfunction the greatest barrier to marriage equality

26 June 2017

Internal divisions in the Liberal Party are the biggest impediment to making a marriage equality a reality in Australia.

Final Bell Report condemns Brandis

21 June 2017

Today the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee condemned Attorney-General George Brandis's wilful defiance of the Senate and refusal to tell the truth on a matter where $300 million of taxpayer money was at stake.

Australian Human Rights Commission appointment

20 June 2017

Labor warmly welcomes the appointment of Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM as the next President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).