Human Rights Act for Australia: Let’s act on it
8 October 2009, 11:00AM
The National Human Rights Consultation Committee has recommended that the Government introduce a Human Rights Act for Australia.
This was thanks to an overwhelming majority of Australians who took part in the country's biggest ever public consultation. Over 80% of the 35,000 individual submissions said they wanted a Human Rights Act that protects the rights of all Australians. That's a clear and direct call that our Government cannot ignore.
What next? We want our Government to take the key recommendation of the report and act on it to implement a National Human Rights Act, without delay.
We need your help to make sure this happens. You can get behind our calls to the Government through Twitter, Facebook and this website - check out the options below and keep coming back for the latest news and updates.
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On 14 October, Consultation Committee Chair Father Frank Brennan SJ AO spoke on the public consultation process at the Canberra Press Club. After his presentation, Jenny Leong sat down with Frank for an informal chat and to ask him some questions on behalf of our supporters. Jump to our Ask Frank a question page to see the questions submitted by people to Frank. Video from Frank and Jenny's chat will be posted soon.
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Michelle Lawler
13 October 2009, 12:56PM
Can’t believe we don’t already have one!!! I fully support the push.
Jenny Leong
9 October 2009, 02:49PM
That’s great Annie - thanks so much for this. Keep watching over the next week as we add more blogs.
Annie Humphries
9 October 2009, 08:47AM
I support a Human Rights Act and have already forwarded this information to my facebook and to my email list of friends. Thank you for keeping me informed.
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