11 November 2014
Today marks 96 years since the end of the First World War, a bloody and brutal war that cost over 16 million lives, including the lives of over 59,000 Australian servicemen.
07 November 2014
Australian families stand to suffer even more from the Abbott Government's cuts to the Federal Circuit Court which will impact on thousands of family law cases.
31 October 2014
Today marks the 39th anniversary of the passing of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.
30 October 2014
Labor has requested that the Government defer debate on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill until 2015 to give adequate time for a thorough consultation process to occur.
28 October 2014
The Federal Opposition today called on the Government to publicly release an exposure draft of its legislation to require the mandatory retention of metadata for up to two years.
17 October 2014
Labor welcomes the advisory report on the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014, released today by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
16 October 2014
Labor welcomes the appointment of Professor Gerard Vaughan AM as the new Director of the National Gallery of Australia.
05 August 2014
I welcome the Abbott Government's long-overdue announcement that it has abandoned its recklessly misguided proposal to repeal federal protections against racial hate speech.
16 May 2014
The Abbott Government's decision to appoint Tim Wilson as a Human Rights Commissioner has come at the expense of Australia's first full time Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes AM
16 May 2014
Labor welcomes the announcement that Orchestra Victoria will become a wholly owned subsidiary of The Australian Ballet.