MARK DREYFUS MP

Not all the zombie budget measures were destroyed in last night's unfair budget unbelievably, the Turnbull government has brought the marriage equality plebiscite back from the dead.

The Turnbull Government has taken three years to accept the Productivity Commission's 2014 recommendation to stop alleged domestic violence perpetrators from personally cross-examining their victims, after arguing for more than a year the changes were not necessary.

The World Trade Organisation has upheld Labor's world-first plain packaging laws, in a severe blow to tobacco companies who have tried to undermine these laws from the start.

Today's admission that the Australian Federal Police illegally accessed the metadata of a journalist is shocking.

Reports today that a new Department of Homeland Security will be created in the next Turnbull government reshuffle should be deeply concerning to all Australians.

Today's announcement of a reversal in cuts to Community Legal Centres and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services is a humiliating backdown for George Brandis and a victory for campaigners around Australia.

The proposed redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse is meant to start in just ten weeks, however the majority of states and institutions have not yet signed up to the redress scheme.

The announcement today that the ACCC will recruit 4000 volunteers to measure internet speeds is a welcome step that will help ensure consumers are better informed to make choices about the NBN services they purchase.

Not only has the Abbott-Turnbull Government failed to implement any of its own measures to ease the burden of Queenslanders who are faced with the clean-up after Cyclone Debbie and the subsequent flooding, but it has dumped sensible measures put in place by Labor after the 2011 floods.

The New South Wales Liberal Government has highlighted the Turnbull Government's failure to support the Community Legal sector by picking up the tab for Senator Brandis 30 per cent cut in Commonwealth funding for Community Legal Centres for the next two years.