Attorney-General Robert McClelland disclosed in a meeting with CLA today that officers of the Human Rights branch in the Attorney-General’s Department were undertaking a ‘stocktake’ of existing national legislation and processes on human rights (includin…
We need to provide better laws to shield journalists and whistleblowers in Australia says ANU law student Lorraine Ingham after analysing how far Australia lags other English-speaking nations in protecting journalists and sources. Read article here (P…
CLA President Dr Kristine Klugman has welcomed the new ability to take action in court in the ACT to ensure someone’s human rights are protected. “This is a help to the little people in society, who benefit most from human rights laws,” she said.
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Germany’s Constitutional Court has created a new right to privacy of computers, and privacy of some personal data on them. As well, the court has cemented into German law the notion of rights to ‘personality’ as expressed by personal documents held on co…
President of CLA, Dr Kristine Klugman, has welcomed the proposed new right to take Supreme Court action to enforce the ACT’s human rights legislation. She congratulated Attorney-General Simon Corbell and Chief Minister Jon Stanhope for the initiative, an…
Broke? Fed up with lawyers? Want to make a personal statement? If any of these apply, you’ll be forced or tempted to represent yourself in court. Here’s some English advice.
CLA spokesman Max Jeganathan’s comments are being read far and wide, with the US legal website Jurist asking for what CLA thought of AFP Commissioner Michael Keelty’s recent outburst against the media. Read what Max said.
See the article on the ‘Jurist…
Hugh Selby appears to lay the blame for the present mysterious system of Supreme Court appointments at the feet of those who have been appointed (“Let’s put our new judges and magistrates on trial”, January 1, p11), whereas Alan Towill (Letters, January…
The Australian newspaper – not traditionally anti-police or security services – has summed up how seriously ex-Minister Andrews failed Australia by "…engaging in a cynical attempt to ramp up the Howard government’s security credentials".…
What should be the priorities of new Attorney-General Robert McClelland? If the Democrats’ A_G spokepersons, Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, was in the job, this is what she would be focusing on in 2008.
If I were Attorney-General
By Senator Natasha…