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Category: Gender

Parke wants to save our genes

26 November 2014 11 February 2018

A foolish, lazy parliament refuses to safeguard rights to our own genes, putting Australian women at distinct disadvantage to American women in testing for breast cancer. 26 Nov 2014

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Gough memories: state of origin

27 October 2014 27 October 2014

Most people of a certain age have a Gough Whitlam story: here’s a couple more anecdotes from the quick quips and after-dinner range. Vale. 27 Oct 2014

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Times features CLA over burqa ban

2 October 2014 2 October 2014

MPs – and the PM – should be wary of banning Australians from their own Parliament House because of their choice of clothing, CLA has joined others in warning. 2 Oct 2014

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Rights on the right, as well as left

11 March 2014 11 March 2014

Sometimes, conservative governments can introduce liberties and rights that governments of the left can’t, Prof George Williams says. We should hold out hope for progress under PM Abbott.

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Love is only genome deep

25 July 2013 11 February 2018

Can we use genetic testing to make day-to-day decisions? Recent reports on DNA-driven dating fuel misunderstandings about what genetic predisposition actually means, writes Tim Vines.

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Prison: Costs up, numbers up

22 June 2013 14 April 2015

A parliament committee, examining justice reinvestment in Australia, has produced the latest statistics on our prison system. It costs more than $300 a day to keep a prisoner in jail, and more than $600 a day to keep a juvenile in detention. Taxpayers d…

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US patent decision: need new law here

15 June 2013 10 July 2013

The US Supreme Court decision that companies may not hold patents over the human genome is a boost to women at risk of breast cancer in Australia, CLA says. A local law to ‘mirror’ the decision here should be known as the Parke-Heffernan Act, to honour…

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Vaccination: the choice made for others

21 May 2013 3 June 2015

People frequently ask Civil Liberties Australia about the rights/wrongs of vaccination. This statement/article sets out our formal stance, and explains why and how far we support proven immunisation campaigns, as well as withdrawal of children from pre-…

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Youth problems rise in WA, fall elsewhere

7 May 2013 4 July 2013

The national disgrace which is Aboriginal youth detention in WA is expanding

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Sex crime penalties can skew justice

26 April 2013 26 April 2013

The sex offenders’ register is a very blunt instrument, which treats people who commit different offences in the same way. Coupled with the stigma of a “different” name, the impact of conviction on a lower range porn photo offender can be far, far great…

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