(Sydney) – The Australian government should introduce a national Human Rights Act to better protect the fundamental rights of everyone in Australia, Human Rights Watch said in a submission to ...

The flaws in the current system have led to recent calls for a national Human Rights Act, by bodies such as the Australian Human Rights Commission, Law Council of Australia, and the Human Rights Law ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission Wednesday renewed its call for Australia to adopt its own national human rights act, releasing a position paper detailing what the act might include. Stating ...

The government has the opportunity in its second term to enhance the protections we all deserve by legislating a national Human Rights Act. Australia's human rights framework Australia presents ...

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Australia is the only Western democracy that does not have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to ...

Australian Human Rights Commission president Rosalind Croucher recently called for the creation of a national human rights act in Australia. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch Rosalind Croucher, president ...

The Committee’s first recommendation was to establish a Human Rights Act. Existing laws in Australia protect against discrimination and other human rights violations, but many rights protections ...

The government has the opportunity in its second term to enhance the protections we all deserve by legislating a national Human Rights Act. Australia presents itself – and is largely ranked ...

Australia is the only Western democracy that does not have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to change. After an inquiry lasting more than a year, the Parliamentary Joint ...