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Entries in Human rights (7)

Wednesday
Mar082023

Unclean Bill of Health

, • DateWednesday, March 8, 2023

Victoria's plan for centralised health records ... Compulsory opt-in ... No opt-out ... Human rights and privacy concerns ... Potential leakage of sensitive personal details ... Digital records of the unhealthy ... Hugh Vuillier reports from Yarraside 

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Friday
Dec212018

Cautious rights for Banana Benders

• DateFriday, December 21, 2018

Explainer ... Queensland's Bill of Rights ... Cheers and Boos ... New law on the cusp of happening ... Final submissions ... From the dialogic school ... Compliance and remedies ... The culture warriors have nowhere to go ... Janek Drevikovsky spells it out   

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Tuesday
Sep262017

What has Dietrich been up to?

• DateTuesday, September 26, 2017

A dip into September's cases brought under Victoria's Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities ... Human rights of prisoners and Sikhs at school ... So far the world hasn't collapsed ... Peach Melba on the front line 

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Friday
May262017

Yuf detainees get rights

• DateFriday, May 26, 2017

When a child detention centre is really an adult prison ... VicSupremes not tricked by government slight of hand ... A moment in the sun for the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities ... Screws with weapons ... Judicial review ... Peach Melba on the case 

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Thursday
Apr302015

Workplace law offers possible redress for immigration detainees

• DateThursday, April 30, 2015

Max Costello argues that OHS law could extend to immigration detention centres, schools and orphanages where children and others are abused ... Inquiries should explore the application of workplace law ... Legislation binds the Commonwealth 

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Tuesday
Dec042012

Seamless expressions of empathy

• DateTuesday, December 4, 2012

The evolution of human rights to animal rights ... Stephen Keim and Jordan Sosnowski trace the movement from Pythagoras to vegetarian monsters to William Wilberforce ... Animal rights and vegetarianism  

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Monday
Oct292012

Patel trial - what went wrong

• DateMonday, October 29, 2012

Community pressure and the justice system ... Frenzied media storm ... Prosecution shifted from a wide case to a narrower one ... Earlier evidence prejudicial ... Mud slinging exercise ... Stephen Keim and Salwa Marsh report

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