Australia’s democracy rating downgraded
You’ve known it for some time, and we’ve known it for some time. Now it’s being confirmed by leading experts around the world; our rights and freedoms in Australia are slowly but surely being eroded by politicians like Scott Morrisson and Peter Dutton. We need to create an Australian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
Australian Human Rights Commission Consultation
Our friends at the Australian Human Rights Commission are conducting a national consultation to find out what human rights issues are important for the community.
Australians would benefit from a Charter of Rights and Freedoms says UN High Commissioner
“Australians would benefit greatly from a comprehensive human rights law to systematically protect all their rights,” the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet told a conference in Sydney this week.
Melbourne Event: 'Right Time - Why We Need an Australian Charter of Human Rights'
On Monday 17 June Lee Carnie hosted a panel discussion with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, Kristen Hilton, lawyer, Teela Reid and former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne about the need for an Australian Charter of Human Rights.
The Charter of Rights campaign heads to Wangaratta
It was a shared love of protecting human rights that brought hundreds of people together from across regional Victoria, to spend their Valentine’s Day in a packed hall at the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre.
Public lecture: Why Australia needs a Charter of Human Rights
The Human Rights Law Centre’s executive director, Hugh de Kretser, will be delivering RMIT’s 2018 Higinbotham Lecture in Melbourne on Thursday 20 September.