Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the High Court won’t stand in the way of government policy once the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a reality.
At a closed-door meeting in Canberra,high-powered representatives from News Corp,The Guardian,ABC and Nine made their case.
A new right to erasure is among more than 100 proposals for reform to Australia’s privacy laws following a years-long review by government.
A former “top gun” pilot who has been imprisoned in Australia for more than 100 days has accused the US government of trying to make a “political example” of him.
Coalition and Greens MPs on a Senate committee are expected to form a rare unity ticket to recommend the move,but there are questions about the legality.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will soon refer the government’s pick for the top job to a new parliamentary committee for approval.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton stepped up his calls for the body to be legislated first to demonstrate its effectiveness.
The Albanese government is seeking opinion on whether a new watchdog should be able to investigate High Court justices as well as other federal judges.
In his first interview of the year,Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Opposition Leader Peter Dutton must answer two questions in order to be upfront with Australians about his position on the Voice.
She says her First Nations daughter was “ripped” from her life in Australia on Christmas Day and flown to Europe with her father under international law.
Former military lawyer David McBride says the creation of an independent whistleblower commission will help others avoid the same fate.