The Greens would opt for a Bill of Rights for NSW, whereas the Lib/Nats wouldn’t. That’s one of the prime differences in policies to emerge when CLA asked key parties standing for the NSW election on 26 March where they stood on freedoms and rights issu…
Two giant federal agencies – Centrelink and Medicare – are merging without proper examination of the privacy ramifications, which are immense. The Australian Privacy Foundation is calling for the government to abide by supposedly mandatory rules to cond…
Gradually, every Australian’s DNA is aggregating through heel pricks into a national database. But no cohesive laws or firm guidelines govern use of this or other personal DNA data, which is controlled by a “spaghetti junction” of rules. Academics Diana…
Justice is blind…and sometimes makes a tragic mistake. For that reason, wrongful conviction findings in the UK have pointed to the clear need for a criminal case review mechanism where British justice rules. Brian Tennant backs calls for a review b…
Even in special prisons for women, prison authorities always think of them second…or last. Because of that pervasive attitude, women do it very tough. In fighting for individual rights that male prisoners don’t need to fight for, the women run the ris…
What a difference a champion of civil liberties makes at the heart of government. The UK’s Deputy PM, Nick Clegg, is championing a bill rolling back terror laws and restoring personal freedoms. Where is the Australia politician with similar courage of h…