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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice report
The Albanese Government welcomes the final report of the Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice today.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Extension of the Robodebt Royal Commission
The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), has amended the Letters Patent to extend the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Investing in a justice system that keeps Australians safe & advances integrity & accountability
The Albanese Government is delivering on election commitments and investing in a justice system that keeps Australians safe, better protects women and children and advances integrity and accountability across public institutions.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Delivering for a peaceful, prosperous and resilient Pacific
The Albanese Government is delivering a transformational package of support to the Pacific to respond to Pacific priorities and ensure our shared interests in a peaceful, prosperous and resilient region.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Commonwealth, Northern Territory Governments sign national partnership agreements
The Commonwealth and the Northern Territory Governments have today signed two national partnership agreements to deliver $14.2 million in additional policing and other community safety support for Alice Springs.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Bolstering Australia’s national privacy and FOI regulator
The Albanese Government will appoint a standalone Privacy Commissioner to deal with the growing threats to data security and the increasing volume and complexity of privacy issues.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
$14.7 million to strengthen sexual assault laws and prevent harm
The Albanese Government is investing $14.7 million to strengthen the way the criminal justice system responds to sexual assault and prevent further harm to victims through the justice process.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Supporting survivors of modern slavery through the criminal justice journey
Modern slavery - including human trafficking, forced labour and forced marriage - are abhorrent crimes which affect almost 50 million people globally.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Consultation on major reform of Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws
The Albanese Government has commenced consultation on overdue reforms to Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Australian Law Reform Commission review of religious exemptions for educational institutions extended
At the request of Commissioner the Hon Justice Stephen Rothman AM I have agreed to an extension for the reporting date for the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) review of religious exemptions for educational institutions in Federal anti-discrimination law.
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