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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Doorstop interview – Port Moresby
Subjects: Commissioning of PPV Minigulai; Australia-Papua New Guinea Bilateral Security Agreement; Transnational crime
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Radio interview – ABC Sydney Breakfast
Subjects: Introduction of legislation to ban deepfakes material; Social media age verification trials; Religious discrimination legislation
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Radio interview – ABC NSW Drive
Subjects: Introduction of legislation to ban deepfakes material; Violence against women; AI-generated election fraud
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Opinion piece – Australia is losing $60 billion a year to organised crime
The Cocaine Inc. Podcast produced by News Corp Australia and The Times shows how criminal gangs are exploiting our financial system to hide their profits.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
SkyCity ordered to pay $67 million penalty for AML/CTF breaches
Today the Federal Court has ordered SkyCity Adelaide Pty Ltd (SkyCity) pay a $67 million penalty for its breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF).
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Radio interview – ABC Melbourne Mornings
Subjects: Introduction of legislation to ban deepfakes material, eSafety Commissioner v X Corp, regulation of social media, Gaza conflict
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
New criminal laws to combat sexually explicit deepfakes
Legislation introduced today will create new criminal offences to ban the sharing of non-consensual deepfake sexually explicit material.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Podcast interview – The Briefing LiSTNR
Subject: Deepfakes Legislation
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Australian Law Reform Commission to inquire into future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993
The Australian Government has today taken a key step towards improving the operation of the native title system by asking the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to undertake an inquiry into the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Independent Review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership
Today, the Independent Review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership (NLAP) Final Report by Dr Warren Mundy has been released.
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