Frank Brennan: Why human rights need to be our agendaAustralia doesn’t need a human rights charter, the government has decided. Fine, says Frank Brennan, that wasn’t the main point anyway. Hopefully the government won’t ignore the 87% of respondents who want a human rights act.
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Bob Carr: It’s our right not to have a human rights charter
We don’t need a human rights charter in Australia because we don’t have human rights issues. Luckily Frank Brennan’s recommendations have been ignored, since it was all a waste of time and money, writes former NSW premier Bob Carr.
Human rights: what is Rudd waiting for?
Is the government backing away from introducing a bill of rights? In the absence of any serious negatives, we should expect a human rights act within this parliamentary term, writes Susan Ryan, chair of the Australian Human Rights Group.
Charter of rights is “stone cold dead”
It now seems the Brennan committee report will not recommend an Australian bill of rights. How did such a good idea get bogged down in the fallacy that judges would abuse their power? asks Richard Ackland.
Chatting to “ordinary people” about human rights
The committee behind Australia’s National Human Rights Consultations has gone to great lengths to engage with ‘ordinary’ people, says Andrew Bartlett.
