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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Media conference – Melbourne
Subjects: Nazi hate symbols
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
TV interview – Channel Nine Today Show
Subjects: Brittany Higgins; Nazi hate symbols ban
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Joint Council on Closing the Gap Justice Reinvestment Community Readiness Support
The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on justice reinvestment in First Nations communities. 
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Mabo Day
Today we celebrate the legacy of Eddie Koiki Mabo, whose tireless work overturned the legal fiction of ‘terra nullius’ – the presumption that Australia belonged to no-one prior to 1788.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Administrative Appeals Tribunal appointments and reform process
The Albanese Government has appointed two new Deputy Presidents and made short-term reappointment of 32 members and two Deputy Presidents to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Radio interview – ABC RN Breakfast
Subjects: PwC; Julian Assange; The Voice to Parliament
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Consideration in detail – Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice) 2023
Speech – Delivered in Parliament, 31 May 2023
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Media Conference – Parliament House
Subjects: Constitution Alteration Bill
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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Constitution Alteration Bill Summing Up Speech
Speech – Delivered in Parliament, 30 May 2023
Speech
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Modern Slavery Act Review
Today the landmark review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018 was tabled in Parliament. This review, led by Professor John McMillan AO, is a thorough analysis of the operation of the Act in its first three years.
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