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In the media

Online articles on Human Rights:

• Rights devil is in the detail
  Catherine Branson and John Hatzistergos, The Australian, April 04, 2009
• Charter powwows are nothing but bumpf
  Angela Shanahan, The Australian, April 04, 2009
• Human rights are there for bikies, too
  Frank Brennan, The Age, April 06, 2009
• Australia's first Bill of Rights: assessing the impact of the ACT Human Rights Act 2004
  ACT Human Rights Act Research Project - ANU and ACT Government
• Brennan considers the balance of human rights
  Reporter: Tony Eastley, AM, 11 December 2008
• Bill of rights no certainty: Brennan
  Matthew Franklin, Chief political correspondent, The Australian, 22 December 2008
• Vulnerable people have the most to gain from a bill of rights, says human rights lawyer
  Jane Schulze, The Australian, 12 December 2008
• The Bill of slights
  Piers Akerman, 11 December 2008
• Judges have their place
  Mike Steketee, National affairs editor, The Australian, 27 December 2008
• Man who sparked rights call 'pleased'
  Nicola Berkovic, The Australian, 13 December 2008
• Charter of wrongs
  The Australian, 4 December 2008
• Rights charter is from 2009 BC
  Janet Albrechtsen, The Australian, 14 January 2009
• Improving human rights for the mentally ill in the developing world
  Reporter: Timothy McDonald, PM, 6 February 2009
• Let business opt in to rights charter, urges HREOC chief
  Paul Maley, The Australian, 20 January 2009
• The national debate about a Charter of Rights and Responsibilities - answering some of the critics
  Michael Kirby Speech
  The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby addresses critics of a Charter of Rights at the President's Luncheon of the Law Institute of Victoria, in Melbourne on 21 August 2008
• Bill of Rights 'needed to eradicate abuses'
  SBS staff and agencies, 2 January 2009
• Legislation is not the key to human rights
  John Hatzistergos, The Australian, 12 December 2008
• Bill of Rights
  BBC News, 22 February 2009
• Rights are about who gets to decide
  Michael Sexton, The Australian, 23 December 2008
• Human rights charter is doomed: Carr
  Samantha Maiden, Online political editor, The Australian, 10 December 2008
• Enshrining our rights
  George Williams, Unleashed, ABC, 17 December 2008
• Keep power with the people
  Janet Albrechtsen, The Australian, 10 December 2008

Other

• A Human Rights Act, the courts and the Constitution - Speech by The Hon Michael McHugh AC, QC at the Australian Human Rights Commission on 5 March 2009 [DOC 185KB]
• A Human Rights Act, the courts and the Constitution - Speech by The Hon Michael McHugh AC, QC at the Australian Human Rights Commission on 5 March 2009 [PDF 203KB]