This month’s ALP election platform conference will be asked to change just one word to hasten legislating a Human Rights Act for Australia. Read all about how we got to this pivotal time after nine years of intensive efforts…and we list the rights you’re likely to get. There’s news of efforts gathering momentum in NSW and SA in particular for their own HRAs, as Tasmania also pressures the state government to take action. ASIO scarer-in-chief Michael Burgess leads the bad acting in his annual press pantomime. And even the police union lays into Queensland’s hard right – but wrong – Crassafulli government.
Other articles this month include:
- Parliament HR Committee warns government over NDIS cutbacks;
- Criminals profit soars because ideologues can’t see fire for the smoke;
- High Court ruling may mean big payouts because of our cruelty;
- In one state, govt keeps commissioning reports, trying to find one it likes;
- Watch houses have become jails 24/7, including constant lockdowns;
- Official jail inspector warns of potential ‘dire’ circumstances;
- Suicide rate cause for major concern in the Top End: and
- Death haunts halls of Westminster Palace.