A new intellectual property law due to pass federal parliament will help to protect people’s rights over their genes, rather than allowing a total monopoly to pharmaceutical companies, MHR for Fremantle, Melissa Parke, says. The new law is progress, CLA…
Well-meaning politicians are reverting to ‘arbitrary control by government’, which is the reverse of the ‘rule of law’, CLA’s CEO Bill Rowlings writes in a new publication, by LexisNexis, discussing the Rule of Law in the Pacific. The publication also c…
The annual NGO consultation in Canberra, with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Attorney-General’s Department, produces a useful exchange of views, questions and answers in the areas of civil liberties and human rights. Here’s a report…
The mandatory see-through scanning charade at Australia’s international airports is security theatre, aimed at boosting corporate profits more than passenger safety, says Dee McLachlan. Drowning, falling off a horse, being stung by a bee are a far bigge…
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-…
Cartoon with thanks to John Ditchburn, InkcinctCivil liberties and human rights lost out in Budget 2013. Not only did they lose to the police, security-like agencies and the spooks by not receiving funds, but some civil justice and human rights areas we…
