The all-pervasive message that family violence is overwhelmingly one-sided is both wrong in fact and almost certainly contrary to human rights law, Roger Smith says. Extend protection, and advocate for ALL victims, he counsels.
Gender-based approac…
It’s Hobson’s choice: be revealed near-naked on screen in front of strangers, or be subjected to a prying patdown that doesn’t miss an inch or a crevice. Here is some US background, and a CLA media statement on the issue.
Media inquiry: Airport scanner…
CLA’s CEO Bill Rowlings has generated a storm of letters in the NT News after he criticised the fact that police in the Territory are given blanket immunity from prosecution under the NT Mental Health Act. The debate follows the death inside Royal Darwin…
The latest statistics on the health of Indigenous Australians continue to question when will we learn as a nation to do better? Aboriginal children born these past few years are in for a tougher, sicker, shorter life than other Australians, Keith McEwan…
It’s not enough for Prime Minister Gillard to be silent on China’s treatment of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. On behalf of Australia, she should call publicly for Liu’s immediate release and for China to respect the rights and civil liberties of i…
Editor, Canberra Times: I would like to join with human rights organisations and notable people worldwide in applauding the granting of the 2010 Nobel Peace prize to Lui Xiaobo, the courageous Chinese campaigner for democratic rights in China.
My lif…