National Human Rights Consultation Submission 

AGWW-7P55KZ 

Name: Laura Ealing 

Submission Text: 

It is a matter of urgency that Australia passes a human rights
 
act. Without it Australia will continue on a path that utterly fails to
 
formally recognise and protect the human rights of its inhabitants, whether
 
they be citizens or simply residents.
 

 
We are only too well aware that Australia has been responsible for some
 
terrible human rights abuses during its history as a nation. Some of them
 
are recent, for example the inhumane treatment of asyslum seekers in
 
detention centres, the treatment of terror suspects, and the ongoing
 
failure to provide remote Indigenous communities access to adequate health
 
care and education.
 

 
I believe a human rights act should also include a clause on
 
inter-generational equity. In light of the significant danger of climate
 
change, it seems very clear that our actions today are capable of severely
 
violating the human rights of future generations. This needs to be
 
recognised as a priortity.
 

 
A human rights act is essential to ensuring that abuses suchs as those that
 
have occured to date can be prevented in the future, irrespective of what
 
political party is in power. It will allow us to extend good living
 
standards, health, education and freedom from discrimination to everyone.
 
It is also essential to protecting the most marginalised, vulnerable
 
sections of our society, as well as future generations.