No.209 - 11 May 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
11 May 2012 Federal Government announces budget On Tuesday, the Federal Government announced its budget for 2012-2013 which included plans to scrap billions from company ... Read More
Topic: Bill of Rights
No.183 - 23 March 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
23 March 2012 Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights Established The Australian Federal Parliament this week established the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights following the ... Read More
No.177 - 16 March 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
16 March 2012 Baillieu Government retains Human Rights Charter After being deeply split on the future of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights, the Baillieu ... Read More
No.176 - 15 March 2012 Editorial: Positive News On The Charter But Baillieu Keeps Us Waiting
Yesterday, on 14 March 2012, the Baillieu Government released its response to the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee’s (SARC) review of the Charter of ... Read More
No.170 - 9 March 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
8 March 2012 Australia’s Peak Public Health Body announces opposition to Stronger Futures Bill The Public Health Association of Australia has announced its opposition to ... Read More
No.156 - 23 February 2012 The Right to Work: Prisoners and Reintegration
This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. Read ... Read More
No.154 - 21 February 2012 ANU Law Students at the ACT’s Corrections Centre
This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. Read ... Read More
No.150 - 16 February 2012 The Prisoner as a Human Being
This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. ... Read More
No.146 This Week’s Human Rights News
9 February 2012 Australian Lawyer’s Alliance warns of risk of increase in Indigenous incarceration rates The Australian Lawyers alliance has warned that high incarceration rates ... Read More
No.139 This Week’s Human Rights News
26 January 2012 Tent Embassy 40th Anniversary Demonstrations Australia Day this year marked the 40th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Tent embassy was founded ... Read More