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Progress Report on Government’s Human Rights Framework

DATE: 27 April 2011 The Law Council has released a progress report on the implementation of the Australian Government’s Human Rights Framework. The Law Council of Australia says that the framework appears to be making a positive difference in raising awareness about human rights in the community. In a media release Law Council of Australia […]

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High Court Challenge to Religious Education

DATE: 27th of April 2011 The federally funded National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) is facing a constitutional challenge in the High Court. Ron Williams, a concerned parent from Queensland has brought forward the challenge claiming that the program has created a non-secular pro-Christian culture in the state schools his children attend. Introduced by John Howard in […]