Finally we have the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Brennan Committee’s Consultation Report on a Charter of Rights for Australia. The Govt decision is good news: the answer is ‘No’.<\/p>\n
THE federal government has bowed to a revolt inside the Labor Party and rejected the push for a national charter of rights that would have handed new powers to the judiciary.<\/p>\n
Instead, the government will reveal today an extensive plan to protect human rights without changing the balance of power between parliament and the judiciary.<\/p>\n
But it has agreed to the Brennan committee’s call to subject the legislative process to a new level of parliamentary scrutiny to identify bills that pose a threat to human rights.<\/p>\n
It will also establish a national education campaign on human rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Full report A-G Pulls Plug on Charter of Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n
See my\u00a0comment upon the release of the\u00a0Brennan Committee’s\u00a0Human Rights Consultation Report – Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Finally we have the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Brennan Committee’s Consultation Report on a Charter of Rights for Australia. The Govt decision is good news: the answer is ‘No’. THE federal government has bowed to a revolt inside the … Continue reading