Topic: Bill of Rights

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

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

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

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

19 January 2012 Expert Panel hands over report for the recognition of Indigenous Australians in the constitution to federal government The Expert Panel consisting of ... Read More

12 January 2012 Marlon Noble to be released from WA Prison Marlon Noble, a mentally impaired West Australian man, is to be released after spending ... Read More

24 December 2011 Robert Manne encourages self-scrutiny on asylum seeker policy The recent sinking of a fishing boat that was carrying asylum seekers to Australia ... Read More

Relative to international standards, Australia’s economic and political freedoms rank highly. Our standard of living is generally satisfactory. A nation of just 22 million people ... Read More

8 December 2011 Labor Party to support gay marriage The Australian Labor Party has made an historic vote to change its platform to support gay ... Read More

Bills strengthening Australia’s Human Rights Obligations passed by Federal Parliament Federal Parliament has passed a legislation which requires the Federal Parliament to consider international human ... Read More