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The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Media conference – Melbourne
Subjects: Meeting of Attorneys-General; Coercive control; Jobs and skills summit; Seniors in the workforce; Attack on Salman Rushdie; Cheng Lei
Transcript
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Meeting of Attorneys-General communiqué
A summary of the decisions from the meeting on 12 August 2022
Media Release
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
ABC Radio Melbourne – Virginia Trioli
Subjects: Deaths in custody; Optional Protocol for the Convention Against Torture and Inhumane Treatment; Meeting of Attorneys-General; Draft National Principles for Coercive Control; National Anti-Corruption Commission; Victorian IBAC; Visit by NZ Justice Minister; Voluntary Assisted Dying Telehealth; Uniform defamation laws; Bernard Collaery; Whistleblower protections; Moss Review; Julian Assange; Kiribati constitutional crisis
Transcript
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Meeting of Attorneys-General
Tomorrow I will chair the first in-person Meeting of Attorneys-General in over two and a half years.
Media Release
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Australian Women Lawyers 2022 National Conference
Speech – Australian Women Lawyers 2022 National Conference – Pre-recorded Remarks, 5 August 2022
Speech
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Release of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into judicial impartiality and the law on bias
The final report of the Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC) inquiry into judicial impartiality and the law on bias was tabled today in Federal Parliament.
Media Release
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
House votes to restore standing of the Australian Human Rights Commission
The Albanese Labor Government continues to deliver on our commitment to restore integrity to government with the passage through the House today of the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022.
Media Release
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Today the Australian Government acknowledges World Day against Trafficking in Persons and declares its commitment to tackle the evil of modern slavery.
Media Release
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
INSLM to review National Security Information Act
Today I asked the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), Grant Donaldson SC, to conduct a review into the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (NSI Act).
Media Release
The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Australian Human Rights Commission legislation amendment (selection and appointment) bill 2022
Speech – Australian Human Rights Commission legislation amendment (selection and appointment) bill 2022, 27 July 2022
Speech