MARK DREYFUS MP

Member for Isaacs

Media Releases

Labor Welcomes Words But Demands Action

13 September 2015

Labor welcomes the Prime Minister's strong support for action to end the scourge of family violence on our nation.

Still No Real Detail On Brandis's Book Council

11 September 2015

More than nine months after announcing the creation of a new Book Council of Australia on 8 December 2014, the Minister for the Arts Senator Brandis today announced it once again in his speech to the Australian Society of Authors in Sydney.

Abbott Government Needs To Support Frontline Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Services

07 September 2015

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs Shayne Neumann and Shadow Minister for Women Senator Claire Moore met in Canberra today with representatives from Family Violence Prevention Legal Services from around the country and heard the importance these frontline services play to reduce victimisation and incarceration rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Brandis a disastrous Attorney-General and Arts Minister

06 September 2015

Tomorrow marks the two year anniversary of the Abbott Government's election.

Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance To Australia) Bill

04 September 2015

Today the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released the report of its inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015.

Brandis Backflip On Hate Speech

04 September 2015

After promising to weaken protections against racist hate speech, which would have made it easier for Holocaust deniers to preach their hate, Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has today flagged new criminal laws to stop people seeking to espouse hatred, violence, or worse."

Tasmanian Arts Sector Under Threat

03 September 2015

At today's packed public hearing inquiring into cuts to arts funding, witnesses expressed deep concern about the future of the Tasmanian arts sector given the Government's harsh cuts to the Australia Council in the 2015/16 budget

Royal Commission Damaged Beyond Repair

31 August 2015

Tony Abbott's royal commission has descended into high farce, riddled with political bias.

The Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse Redress Recommendations Must Be Made Public

31 August 2015

Labor calls on the Abbott Government to publicly release the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on redress, due to be handed to the Governor-General today.

Big Tobacco FOI Attack On Children A New Low

20 August 2015

Labor is alarmed at today's report tobacco companies are hijacking Freedom of Information laws to obtain data from surveys by thousands of Victorian school children and teenagers that reveal their attitudes to smoking and alcohol.