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The law and society should be blind to gender, except where physical and/or medical differences are an issue.
CLA defends our 'funny country' freedoms
Article posted on Wednesday 16 May 2012From a reader of our website: My opinion of your group is that it is all crap. Take a look at the Suburbs that have been taken over by Muslims. Do you feel sorry for the genuine Australians that live there and on occasions have been forced to leave?
Open letter: errant father appeals for support
Article posted on Tuesday 15 May 2012A father, who acknowledges his failings up front, wonders why Australia's most childish government agency continues to be commercially naïve while exercising unbridled power over individuals without legal charge, hearing or conviction. Keith Bettison tells his story…
Catholic Bishop calls for balance over Palestine
Article posted on Thursday 29 March 2012At a conference in Doha recently, Catholic Bishop and CLA member Pat Power said the "64 years of pain and suffering the Palestinians have endured are enough". He called for a balanced treatment by Australian MPs of the rights of peoples in the Middle East.
Have your say on same-sex marriage
Article posted on Sunday 04 March 2012Federal parliament is considering two bills on same-sex marriage. Here's how to have your say to the parliamentary committee inquiring into the issue...plus we have a handy Spot-The-Difference comparison between the bills.
Plans galore, but short on targets, measures
Article posted on Tuesday 28 February 2012The Australian Government's proposed National Human Rights Action Plan has some significant shortcomings, the author of CLA's submission on the plan, Rhys Michie, said. The "national" plan lacks contributions from NSW, Qld, SA, WA, Tas and the ACT; it downplays the role of human rights in counter-terrorism actions, and has few performance indicators, quantifiable targets or finite timelines.
Scanners: proven useless, and hazardous too
Article posted on Friday 10 February 2012The see-through body scanners announced for Australia have already been proven to not work in cases like the "underpants bomber" – the supposed reason for their introduction – writes John P Harvey. As well there are major scientific concerns about radiation emitted by the scanners, he says, providing extensive references you can check out.
Tyrannical comment shocks, disturbs
Article posted on Thursday 09 February 2012A good percentage of the opposition to see-through airport body scanners highlights the possible dangers of radiation. Here's an opinion piece which lists some references...plus a video at the end which pokes fun at the American Transport Safety Authority, the TSA.
CLA criticises no opt-out for body scanners
Article posted on Tuesday 07 February 2012
The announcement that full body scanners will be used at Australian airports is drawing flak from many quarters. It is particularly galling, CLA says, that the Australian Government won't allow "opt out" alternative procedures, as occurs in Europe and the USA. This amounts to 'digital strip searching', CLA Director and media spokesperson, Tim Vines, says.
On the death of a mother and her children…
Article posted on Thursday 19 January 2012The anomalous situation of the Family Court in WA, and the need for better resourcing of family courts everywhere, are poignantly highlighted after the tragic deaths of a mother and her two children from a family caught in a long-running dispute. Peter Dowding explains the court's problems...
Prevent assault, rather than investigate later
Article posted on Monday 16 January 2012People found innocent in court are fully exonerated, and should be treated that way, CLA's Rex Widerstrom says. With the hideous offence of sexual assault of children, it is better to focus more resources on programs to prevent the crime rather than to concentrate on police task force investigation after the event, he says.
Most Bandyup female prisoners in wrong jail
Article posted on Wednesday 07 December 2011Women prisoners are locked behind razor wire in maximum security jails when they should be housed in much less stringent conditions, reports indicate. WA could solve its problem by building more lower security facilities and slashing the numbers in jail generally by not imprisoning people for relatively minor, non-violent offences, CLA's Rex Widerstrom says.
'Black fellow' tag costs man his job
Article posted on Monday 05 December 2011A man says he has been summarily dismissed, without a hearing, for describing a fellow worker as a 'black fellow'. Conflicting rights are always difficult to resolve - what do you think?
God didn't say what type of 'another'
Article posted on Sunday 04 December 2011Why does our PM do something as stupid as putting the gay marriage issue to a conscience vote? We all know how she feels about the subject...and she’s up a tree.
Presumed innocent goes up in smoke
Article posted on Thursday 27 October 2011CLA is concerned at the creeping trend throughout Australia to make more offences subject to "strict liability". That is government lawyer speak: it means that, under these new types of laws, you have to prove you are innocent rather than the government proving you are guilty, which has traditionally been the basis of Australian law. Here, in a letter responding to CLA's criticisms, is how the ACT Chief Minister tries to justify proposed new and badly-written laws over smoking in cars.
Chief Justice says Aborigines are
discriminated against in law
Article posted on Saturday 11 June 2011
The Chief Justice of the NT, Trevor Riley, has told a high-powered audience at the ceremonial 100th opening of the NT Supreme Court that Aborigines are discriminated against in Commonwealth law. This statement directly contradicts what the Australian Government has just officially told the United Nations, CLA says.
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