Civil Liberties Australia’s submission to the Bell Royal Commission (see item below) proposes national civics education on people’s rights and responsibilities, underpinned by an accessible bill of rights in the form of a legislated Human Rights Act. CLA has suggested to Virginia Bell, the Royal Commissioner into the Bondi massacre, antisemitism and social cohesion, that she makes the CLA concept a core element of both her first report (an interim one, this month) and the final report in December this year covering her findings and recommendations to the Australian government.
Other articles this month include:
- Special: Robodebt: half a decade of public angst, and ’no-one responsible’;
- Lab suspension rings new alarm bells for state’s forensic system;
- Court’s annual report reveals skewed caseload, time for policy review;
- Christians, you don’t HAVE TO kill yourselves;
- Kirby is a library clogger – curb him?;
- Human rights activitist attacked with acid:
- 99-year-old judge Pauline wants rule of law upheld; and
- Poms plump for facial recognition.