CLA’s policy on criminal justice
All Australians are entitled to protection from arbitrary arrest and unnecessary detention; to a fair, speedy and public trial; to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, and to legal advice and representation.
Sentencing should be based on the principle of rehabilitation wherever possible.
Should Australians have the right to be forgotten online? We want your opinion.
There’s an emerging debate over what data we store, how we store it, who can access it and how widely it can be searched and promulgated.
At the heart of the debat…
A withering Ombudsman’s report tabled in the NT Parliament is scathing about the recent failures of the Child Protection Agency and its master department to protect the Territory’s vulnerable children. The report calls into question whether the NT publi…
CLA closely scrutinizes government action which infringes the general right to be left alone. If this right is to be infringed, and the Government demand we hand over personal information, we expect the benefits to outweigh the cost and inconvenience. W…
Should the first Human Rights Act in Australia, operating in the ACT from July 2004, be expanded to include economic, social and cultural rights? CLA says yes…but you can have you own say by completing the online survey (by 19 Aug). The ACT’s decision…
Yes, you do. It’s compulsory to complete the Census. The Census and Statistics Act 1905 says so. Every parliament for more than 100 years has endorsed the idea of a mandatory census. So are Household Surveys compulsory, by the way.
The Australian…
August 2011 Newsletter:
Australia to get National Liberty Tree
in December as initiative of CLA
Australia is to get a National Liberty Tree, an initiative of Civil Liberties Australia. The specimen Kurrajong will be planted on International Human…
Re-Direction from TASCCLUnfortunately you have attempted to view a page from the Tasmanian Council for Civil Liberties web site that is no longer available. You have been automatically redirected to the Civil Liberties Australia web site and we look for…
Re-Direction from TASCCLUnfortunately you have attempted to view a page from the Tasmanian Council for Civil Liberties web site that is no longer available. You have been automatically redirected to the Civil Liberties Australia web site and we look for…
Before the next election, Australians are meant to vote in a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in a preamble to the Constitution. But more than that needs to be done, former High Court judge Michael Kirby says, to rid Australia’s founding docume…
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