CLA has written to Foreign Minister Stephen Smith asking him to formally campaign for press freedom in two countries where Australia has contributed significant funds and resources, Afhganistan and Sri Lanka. The media is under judicial and government at…
The Attorney-General’s Department received $2.8 million in one line item in the 2008 Budget to run a Charter of Rights and Responsibilities debate throughout Australia in 2008-9. A formal consultation process is expected, with possibly a panel of expe…
As the tepid inquiry into the Haneef matter continues behind closed doors, it is clear that ex-justice Clarke lacks power to compel full disclosure of information and documents. CLA doubts – as do Haneef’s lawyers apparently – that traditionally ‘mum’ go…
CLA welcomes the Rudd Government’s planned removal of discrimination against same-sex couples…but it should be consistent, and remove all discrimination, including over ceremonies and registrations, and against Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Te…
CLA spokesperson Dean Prail spoke with Radio NZ recently over vague proposals in Australia to allow company bosses to spy in secret on employees’ emails, in the name of cyber-security. The Australian Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, has since acknowl…
Dean Prail will be CLA’s new official spokesperson, President Dr Kristine Klugman announced today. “I am very pleased he’s prepared to take on this important role of communicating about liberties, rights and responsibilities through the media,” she said.
A cops ‘n media TV show/circus in the USA is being sued for $110m because a humiliated victim suicided ‘live’ on air with a gun to the head. The New York Times’ Editorial Observer asks: where’s the line to stop the media becoming ‘brown shirts with TV ca…
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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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has refused to review the mechanisms and legislative base for how Australia goes to war or becomes involved in conflicts such as in Iraq and Afghanistan.
CLA in January released three CLA Australia Day letters, one of which…
CLA’s WA Convenor, Peter Dowding – a former Premier – called on the State to look to its legal obligations to Aboriginal people whose land was resumed without payment. His comments followed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generation.…