Category: Human Rights
Vulturous ATO preys on the grave
Article posted on Thursday 26 August 2010
As the Actor represents Everyman, so Paul Hogan represents us all over the bureaucratic inequities of oppressive legality and secrecy laws in Australia. He is now locked in the debtor's prison the nation is becoming, reverting to its penal role two centu… more »
Students help frame debates
Article posted on Monday 26 July 2010
CLA works with advanced and honours students on topics of mutual interest, where the student gains credits for 'internship' programs or honours studies, and CLA benefits from excellent research papers which help to shape a current or future dilemma. See… more »
Time to finalise matter of Mr Ward's avoidable death
Article posted on Saturday 03 July 2010
Editor, West Australian: I respond to your report 'Frustrated DPP sees flaws in quality of police probe' 29 June 2010, p7. I have read Coroner Alastair Hope's report on Aborigine elder Mr Ward's death in custody, in the back of a prison transfer van,… more »
No proof roadside drug testing
drivers benefits the community
Article posted on Wednesday 30 June 2010
Around Australia, drug testing of drivers takes places with no proven benefit to society and great penalty to people's civil liberties. In WA, the accuracy of the tests is declining, research in SA shows (see CLArion newsletter July 2010). Here, Bill Bus… more »
'Rights stuff' airs at first forum
Article posted on Friday 25 June 2010
The first Australian Government and Non-Government Organisations Forum on Human Rights in late June 2010 produced mixed results, according to CLA President, Dr Kristine Klugman. She raised questions about making all Australian laws compatible with human… more »
Govt may spy on your browsing
Article posted on Saturday 12 June 2010
Internet Service Providers may soon have to retain subscriber's private web browsing history for the government to secretly examine, according to news reports. Industry insiders and bloggers are up in arms. Read Article »... more »
Do the 'bikie laws' breach rights?
Article posted on Saturday 12 June 2010
Do the 'bikie laws' breach rights?What does CLA think of the SA legislation - the 'bikie laws' - now being considered, on appeal, by the High Court. Does the Act breach an individual's human rights, we were asked by a student?Dear Ms XXXXX,Serio… more »
Investigate independently
Article posted on Wednesday 26 May 2010
Police should not investigate police deaths in custody, CLA's Keith McEwan says. There needs to be an independent body set up for such cases - justice demands no less, he says. Investigate independently The Editor, The Age: Your editorial ‘Justice te… more »
Same crime, same time
Article posted on Friday 21 May 2010
Attorney-General Robert McClelland has the opportunity to resolve an overwhelming injustice by acting on the Bryce case, where a man who could not be jailed elsewhere in Australia languishes in a Queensland jail on a federal charge. The time to act is no… more »
Debate over burqa
highlights need
for bill of rights
Article posted on Wednesday 19 May 2010
The burqa debate involves complex questions of individual and group rights, Dr Chris Michaelsen told the Australian Federation of Muslim Councils conference in Sydney in May 2010, speaking on behalf of CLA. But in Australia, there's no national »... more »
Australians lose over rights
Article posted on Wednesday 21 April 2010
Australians have been denied the opportunity to restrict the power of the political elite by the Rudd Government's failure to enact a national Bill of Rights, CLA says. Federal MPs who believe in individual rights should coalesce across political boundar… more »
Eliminate discrimination
Article posted on Monday 19 April 2010
The area of 'racial vilification' is fraught with making decisions on difficult nuances of free speech and individual and group rights. What's important, Briant Tennant says, is that those responsible for anti-discrimination laws should not themselves d… more »
SAS man speaks out for liberty
Article posted on Thursday 11 March 2010
A former SAS soldier, the newest member of the WA Parliament, delivered a telling commentary on the erosion of civil liberties in Australia when he gave his maiden speech in March. "...a speech capable of making the hairs on the back of your neck stand u… more »
Rann plan bad idea for justice
Article posted on Wednesday 10 March 2010
SA Premier Michael Rann, up for re-election in March 2010, is proposing that a defendant's personal history should be revealed to juries - before they decide guilt or innocence - so as to send more people to prison. CLA and the SACCL, plus most other kno… more »
Indigenous stats
sound alarm bells
Article posted on Monday 08 March 2010
Victoria is one of the more enlightened states in looking after Indigenous people...but still the statistics are appalling, as this analysis by Keith McEwan (pictured) points out. "Life is not so good for an Indigenous person living in Victoria...or, for… more »
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