Civil Liberties Australia – in its customary Australia Day letter – has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to commit to a social justice program, including a Human Rights Act for Australia, if he and the Labor Party are re-elected in the coming months. After four years of active campaigning, CLA believes a re-elected Labor govt would have plenty of support from the Greens, Independents, and the ‘teals/etc” to pass such legislation. Meanwhile, recent state election results, coupled with the likely return of the govt in WA, means Australia is tilting strongly towards a nationwide police state mentality.
Other highlights this issue include:
- Australia breaches human rights, UN says
- New Premier hurls rhetoric at state’s problems: it’s unlikely to work
- CLA suggests research for an Australian wrongful convictions ‘dashboard’
- Govt policies cause fire bombings and murders: how crazy is that?
- Feds respond at last to surging DV problems
- Laboratories start to catch up with forensic standards
- Iraq lowers marriage age of girls to 9