The Latest Breaking News from Mark Dreyfus

Review of religious exemptions for schools pushed back

The attorney-general has extended the law reform commission's review of religious exemptions for educational institutions because of the volume of submissions.

AAP · Apr 20, 2023

TikTok can still access data from Australian government devices via app on personal phones, academic warns

Data sharing between platforms could limit effectiveness of social media app’s ban from government devices

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2023

Australia bans TikTok on official devices

CANBERRA: Australia banned TikTok from government-issued devices, joining the growing list of nations concerned about security threats posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform.

Bangkok Post · Apr 4, 2023

Australian firearms registry ‘one step closer’, with cabinet decision expected mid-year

Renewed calls for database to track guns across the country sparked by fatal 2022 Wieambilla shooting

The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2023

Police heads look down barrel of gun register

The federal attorney-general and state and territory police ministers will meet to discuss how to create and roll out a national gun register.

The New Daily · Apr 2, 2023

Police heads look down sights for national gun register

The federal attorney-general and state and territory police ministers will meet to discuss how to create and roll out a national gun register.

AAP · Apr 2, 2023

Mark Dreyfus rejects human rights commissioner’s claim Indigenous voice would undermine principles of equality

Attorney general declines to comment on calls for commissioner Lorraine Finlay to consider her future in the role

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2023

First woman appointed to lead Federal Court

Justice Debra Mortimer is set to become the first woman to head the Federal Court. Announcing the appointment on Friday, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus was

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Debra Mortimer becomes Australia's first female Federal Court chief justice

Melbourne-based justice Debra Mortimer will become the Federal Court of Australia's first female chief justice, following the mandatory retirement of her predecessor, Justice James Allsop.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2023

Dutton misses historic moment in Parliament. You won’t believe why.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has refused to say if he was making a political statement against the Indigenous Voice when he and most of his Coalition

The New Daily · Mar 30, 2023