Post-Hicks, Aussies still languish in overseas jails
With David Hicks’ return to Australia secured, there are still 118 Australians detained in overseas jails, with the largest contingent of 16 locked up in America. CLA is mounting a campaign to highlight the situation of these ‘forgotten’ people.
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Sexual language shapes world of war
Why is the language of war so sexually laden, asks CLA member Dr Neal Wilkinson. He analyses Iraq from the perspective of a male pack rape: truth may be the first casualty of war, but women bear the greatest burden, he says. A special International Women…
Imagery and rhetoric wage war on principle
The imagery of war, coupled with rhetoric rampant, can lead presidents and prime ministers down back alleys of democracy, where reality dims with the darkness. Allan Hall analyses current ‘wars’, the rule of law and David Hicks’ situation in this excelle…
Prof. Behrendt argues for Charter of Rights
NSW has launched a campaign for a Charter of Rights. In this speech at the launch at NSW’s Parliament House, Prof. Larissa Behrendt eloquently argues the need for a charter for all, but particularly for the poor, disadvantaged and marginalised members of…
Hicks should get consistent ‘Calley’ justice
The USA should be consistent in its military sentencing, CLA says, and hand down a sentence of less than 3 1/2 years for David Hicks. That’s the time US soldier Lt William Calley spent – under house arrest, not in jail – for his part in the predemidated…
National Capital police fail to perform
Australia’s National Capital police force – a ‘business unit of the Australian Federal Police – fail by their own performance standards, a detailed CLA analysis of their annual report shows. They appear more interested strategically in image than policin…
EFT code review – help rein in business
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is reviewing the Electronic Funds Transfer Code of Conduct. Business wants to significantly reduce consumer protections in the Code. A submission co-authored by CLA member Professor Roger Clarke and Al…
Nudge, nudge, ban, ban…the Pill is popped
If you want to read The Peaceful Pill Handbook, which provides information on assisted death and voluntary euthanasia, you are now too late. The man who has been unable to get David Hicks freed from Guantanamo Bay in five years, Attorney-General Philip R…
Top panel talks on euthanasia
A top quality panel of Parliamentarians and subject experts met at the ANU in Canberra in late-2006 to discuss euthanasia. West Australian MHR Dr Carmen Lawrence chaired the forum, which featured speakers for an hour, then an hour’s lively Q&A sessi…