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Father Frank Brennan on a Charter of Rights and Religious Views

Father Frank Brennan, Chair of the National Human Rights Consultation, talks on religious groups in Australia, their engagement with the consultation process and their support or otherwise for human rights protection in the form of a Human Rights Act.

Coming Interviews

IsaiahOne is excited to announce interviews with high profile people in the coming weeks. They include Christian and human rights experts with practical experience of how human rights work in practice.

Professor Tim McCormack, Australian Red Cross Professor of Humanitarian Law, University of Melbourne

Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff, one of the world’s leading Christian philosophers and author of [...]

Caring for the Alien – an example of a Charter in action

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob lived as “aliens” around the land of Canaan (Gen 35:27) and their descendants in Egypt (Ex 23:9). So God calls his people to act in response to the fact that their ancestors were once aliens in a foreign land:

The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; [...]

National Consultation’s Report Released to the Public

On Thursday, 8th of October, at the Queens Hall, Victoria State Parliament, head of the NHRC, Father Frank Brennan, formally handed the Consultation committee report to the Federal Attorney-General, Robert McClelland. In attendance were the other members of the committee, Mary Kostakidis, Mick Palmer and Tammy Williams, as well as former Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser [...]

News Release from National Human Rights Consultation Committee

Final National Human Rights Consultation Update – 1 October 2009

Dear All,

The National Human Rights Consultation has drawn to a close. The Committee has travelled far and wide to ensure that a diverse range of views on human rights has been sought. Since the Consultation was launched on 10 December 2008 the Committee [...]