Human rights act
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Inquiry into the potential for a Human Rights Act for South Australia
20th Feb 2024 -
Toothless tiger: Human rights committee sits helplessly on the sidelines
31st Aug 2023In place of the highly recommended federal human rights act, Australia has a parliamentary committee without any real power, says Greg Barns SC. Since its formation in 2011, ‘there have been numerous examples of legislation and executive government policies which, if there were a human rights law in place, would have been subject to court challenge.’