'A lot of wrongs to repair': Justice Michael Kirby calls for national bill of rights

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As a high court judge for more than 30 years Michael Kirby knows the law - and he’s using his expertise to call for a national bill of rights

"The proposal in Australia is to have a model based on the New Zealand and the United Kingdom law that permits the bringing of proceedings before the courts that will help to draw attention, but leave the last word to parliament,” he said. Rights groups believe having a human rights bill would better protect minority groups from the at times hateful rhetoric faced by some of those communities.

Jude Munro, from the Victorian Pride Centre said a bill may have framed the debate around same sex marriage differently."The right to marry would have been one of those rights that would be equally shared across all Australians and that may have been helpful, it may have framed things in a very positive light that we are all equal under the law,” he said.

"Sometimes it’s the symbolism the profound symbolism around a bill of rights and the message that it is sending all groups, be they in the majority or minority, that their rights are very much taken seriously and something that will be forever enshrined in law,” she said.

 

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Boy this came just at the perfect time to help with homework 😃

Honestly can't see the foreign white European-Anglo-Christian community & the ruling class of Australia since first contact such as PM Morrison doing that. It'll be like the Chinese Communist Party giving democracy to China!

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