There were several big legal issues on the agenda at the last federal election, with Labor promising a national integrity body and saying it would implement the Uluru Statement of the Heart in full. This time around, it’s slim pickings.
If he holds on to power, the prime minister says there will be no more referenda after the failure of the Voice to Parliament. And Labor's pledge to follow the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) with a body to handle complaints against judges is looking shaky.
The Coalition has also been quiet on legal reform, but it has strongly pushed law and order issues. There have been promises of more funds for victims of domestic violence and a National Child Sex Offenders Disclosure Scheme.
Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash has also had a far more prominent role in the campaign than Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.
