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Should Australia have a "Bill of Rights" in the Constitution? (Additional Legal Subjects)

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:11:00 GMT

do you think that Australia needs a "bill of rights" in the Constitution??

ur views and comments are greatly appriciated.

thanks..

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  • Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:24:00 GMT(1)
  • not necessarily...
    wat i was trying to mean was that since australia is a member of the UN...
    dont u think that australia should at least imply the UN conventions..
    out of all the UN conventions..
    from wat i have studied Australia has only incorporated the CERD. Australia has never quite follow the Conventions unless its politically useful to them...
    as a member of the UN ... i feel that they should follow fulfill the requirements and use the UN Conventions...
    and they can do it when they codify a "bill of rights" that would include all the International Conventions.
  • Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:19:00 GMT(2)
  • There are benefits and disadvantages to a Bill of Rights. One of the benefits is that it can create some clear lines which a government cannot cross without being in violation of a citizen's rights. One of the disadvantages is that, no matter how clear the Bill of Rights tries to make the fact that it is non-exhaustive, some people (particularly politicans and laypersons) will argue that any right not specifically included "doesn't exist". Others will confuse a Bill of Rights which is intended merely to recite rights people already possess as "creating" or "bestowing" those rights. Still, given the historic conduct of governments, I think it is preferable to have one.
  • Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:51:00 GMT(3)
  • I may have missed something along the way, but didn't some famous figure once say, "There you go again."? Or is it, "Oh no, here WE go again!"? Just when you thought it safe to go back into the water the sharks are in a feeding frenzy again 'round the Great Barrier Reef!
  • Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:44:00 GMT(4)
  • dont u think tat Australia should have a "bill of rights" so that they can reflect international standards thus improving their standing in the world??
  • Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:12:00 GMT(5)
  • You mean, by forcing it to offer slightly nicer penal colonies to warehouse illegal immigrants?
  • Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:17:00 GMT(6)
  • hey.. if u say that the disadvantage is that politicians or layperson will try to change rights which wasnt speciffically written...

    shouldnt it be the job of the judicial body to interpret the bill ... if its entrenched into the constitution. politicians or layperson do not have the rights to argue about the bill right???
  • Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:30:00 GMT(7)
  • about the "slightly nicer penal colonies" right...
    i do not quite understand wat u mean...when u say nicer penal colonies..
    could u give me some examples ...
    and i fell that most asylum seekers just wish to find a better place to live...
    a "bill of rights" can help to protect their rights seeing that Australia's mandatory sentencing is a disadvantage to them...
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