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Re: BRENNAN REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMED
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Margit Alm
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Oct 25, 2009 16:53 PST
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I want a Human Responsibility Act alongside the Rights Act.
Margit
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Everingham
To: Milton David Fisher
Cc: Bernie Doran QHS ; Maria Proctor ; Victor Bien ; Humanist Society of Queensland ; huma-@topica.com
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 5:54 PM
Subject: RE: [CAHS] BRENNAN REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMED
I agree with M D Fisher.
I visited the web site http://www.humanrightsact.com.au/ahrg offered for more information by the media release.
Here is an extract:
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5 Good Reasons to Support a Human Rights Act
1.. A Human Rights Act will set out the fundamental rights that Australians agree should be protected.
2.. A Human Rights Act will improve government decision making by requiring government to recognise and protect human rights. All new legislation should be assessed against the yardstick of the rights enshrined in law.
3.. State inquiries into human rights reveal that an overwhelming number of Australians who made submissions want legislative protection of human rights.
4.. Current Australian laws only protect a narrow number of rights in a limited way. One instrument will bring all of those rights together and protect them in the same way.
5.. A Human Rights Act will ensure that in a strongly democratic society we all bear the responsibility to protect the rights of others.
For five more reasons check out Doing Justice from the Federation of Community Legal Centres.
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[End of extract]
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I opened the Doing Justice link and found:
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The requested content does not exist or is no longer available on the server.
We recommend navigating back to our home page, Publications & Resources, our News Page, or our RSS feed to find the page you are looking for.
If you are still encountering problems please contact us.
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But there were several other topics listed with web sites, including:
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Pages in Our Work
a.. Casework & Litigation
a.. Domestic Casework
b.. International Casework
c.. Casework by Topic
b.. Law Reform & Policy Work
a.. Domestic Submissions
b.. International Submissions
c.. Major NGO Reports
d.. Submissions by Topic
c.. Education & Training
d.. HRLRC Focus Areas
a.. Victorian Charter of Human Rights
b.. Equality Rights
c.. ESC Rights
d.. People in Detention
e.. National Human Rights Consultation
f.. Other
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At this stage I decided I'd wait for more specific requests for me to participate in promoting specific Rights.
– Doug Everingham
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From: huma-@aapt.net.au
Subject: Re: BRENNAN REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMED
Date: 24 October 2009 5:49:33 PM
To: dnev-@powerup.com.au
Cc: bdo-@ozonline.com.au, hsq.pre-@gmail.com, vbi-@attglobal.net, queensland-@gmail.com, huma-@topica.com
The release claimed that 87% of the submissions favoured a human rights act. I favour a human rights act. However, that is no reason to have a human rights act. One does not enact legislation merely because people polled favour it. One enacts legislation because it has a worthwhile reason. The reason(s) was not stated in the release. I think there are good reasons, but they were not stated.
M. D. Fisher
On 24/10/2009, at 5:31 PM, Doug Everingham wrote:
Relayed by Doug Everingham
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From: camp-@humanrightsact.com.au
Subject: BRENNAN REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMED
Date: 23 October 2009 12:23:10 PM
To: dnev-@powerup.com.au
Reply-To: camp-@humanrightsact.com.au
<Human Rights report - AHRG media release.pdf>
Chair of the Human Rights Act for Australia Campaign (HRAAC) and of the Australian Human Rights Group (AHRG), Susan Ryan AO welcomes the report of the Brennan committee and calls on the government to act. AHRG media release attached.
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From: huma-@aapt.net.au
Subject: Re: BRENNAN REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMED
Date: 24 October 2009 5:49:33 PM
To: dnev-@powerup.com.au
Cc: bdo-@ozonline.com.au, hsq.pre-@gmail.com, vbi-@attglobal.net, queensland-@gmail.com, huma-@topica.com
The release claimed that 87% of the submissions favoured a human rights act. I favour a human rights act. However, that is no reason to have a human rights act. One does not enact legislation merely because people polled favour it. One enacts legislation because it has a worthwhile reason. The reason(s) was not stated in the release. I think there are good reasons, but they were not stated.
M. D. Fisher
On 24/10/2009, at 5:31 PM, Doug Everingham wrote:
Relayed by Doug Everingham
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From: camp-@humanrightsact.com.au
Subject: BRENNAN REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMED
Date: 23 October 2009 12:23:10 PM
To: dnev-@powerup.com.au
Reply-To: camp-@humanrightsact.com.au
<Human Rights report - AHRG media release.pdf>
Chair of the Human Rights Act for Australia Campaign (HRAAC) and of the Australian Human Rights Group (AHRG), Susan Ryan AO welcomes the report of the Brennan committee and calls on the government to act. AHRG media release attached.
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