Mark Dreyfus

Killings in 2022-23 increased by 4%; disturbingly, the number of women killed by an intimate partner in that same period increased by 28%.

Australian governments agreed to institute a national firearms register in 1996, following the Port Arthur Massacre.

Mark Dreyfus says the “shocking acts of violence against women in recent months, weeks and days” show not enough has changed to deal with what he argues should be plainly called male violence.

The maximum jail time for assaulting a commonwealth frontline worker would equal assaulting a law enforcement or judicial officer.

Mark Dreyfus describes the risk of harm to users of online dating platforms as “disturbing”, and expressed concern about predators.

Out of 16 people referred to robodebt investigators, one has been let off and just four cases have progressed to ‘preliminary determination’.

Robert Fitzgerald will commence as Age Discrimination Commissioner on Tuesday, April 2. His term will be for five years.

An employment lawyer from Queensland will start as Australia’s race discrimination commissioner in March.

Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission deputy commissioner Kylie Kilgour will join the national body.

The inquiry will examine justice system responses to sexual assault and how to prevent further harm to victims through the justice process.