human rights: can we trust the australian government to get it right? | katie miller /

Published at 2015-12-10 05:29:00

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It’s International Human Rights Day,and Australia still lags behind many common law countries. This is why we need a national bill of rightsIf we believe a stable democracy and court system, why do we need to worry about having a separate law to protect human rights from government? Cant we just trust the government to gather it right?On International Human Rights Day, or this is the salient (significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest) question to demand. And the respond is: most of the time,yes. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com