The Latest Breaking News from Mark Dreyfus

'Important day for democracy': Leaking charges against 'hero' Collaery to be dropped

The Canberra lawyer had been due to stand trial in October.

The Canberra Times · Jul 7, 2022

Labor urged to bolster federal Icac plan with more protection for whistleblowers

Budgetary independence for corruption commission and wider ability to investigate also sought amid crossbench concern at omitted reforms

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2022

Morning mail: hospital recruitment failure, Albanese’s climate plea, row over Trump’s alleged car ‘lunge’

Thursday: A scheme to recruit an extra 2,000 doctors and nurses from abroad assisted just 24 people. Plus: record-breaking rainfall expected

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2022

Attorney-General, minister 'deeply concerned' by 'horrific' findings of ABC's child protection investigation

Federal leaders say they will hold a meeting with the National Children's Commissioner to determine action to protect children after an ABC investigation reveals youths in care are being raped and neglected.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Albanese government urged to end legal fight over power to deport Aboriginal people

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe calls on Labor to pull appeal launched by Morrison government, saying Indigenous people ‘cannot be aliens to this country’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2022

Federal court strikes down key part of Coalition’s crackdown on class action funding

Labor says decision called into question the legal basis for former government’s ‘absurd attempt to regulate funded class actions out of existence’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2022

Anthony Albanese backflips on national cabinet secrecy and refuses to say why

PM opts to continue to prevent release of documents related to meetings with state leaders despite his previous criticism of the practice

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2022

Labor government urged to drop prosecutions against whistleblowers and ramp up protections

As the Albanese government works on getting legislation ready for its highly anticipated corruption watchdog, calls are growing for it to boost protections for whistleblowers and drop criminal prosecutions against Richard Boyle, David McBride and Bernard Collaery, and to advocate for Julian Assange.

ABC News · Jun 13, 2022

Five Eyes must ramp up fight against rising organised crime, AFP commissioner warns

Pandemic has contributed to ‘destabilisation of world order’ leading to weaponisation of technology, Reece Kershaw says

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2022

A federal anti-corruption commission could investigate Morrison government grants

Labor plans to introduce a bill for an anti-corruption commission this year – and it could investigate billions of dollars in Morrison government grants.

The New Daily · Jun 8, 2022