19 April 2011 – Victorian Government announces Charter Review. The Victorian Government has announced a review of Victoria’s Charter of Rights and Responsibilities. A review is required by the Charter [s 44 (1)] and the terms of reference are wide-ranging. It includes possibilities for extending the scope of the Charter (outlined in s 44(2)), as [...]
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How do we navigate between freedom of conscience and its limits? For Christians this means asking what the bible has to say to such situations. Case Background A support group for same sex attracted youth at risk†, WayOut (a project run by Cobaw Community Health Services), made a discrimination complaint for being turned away when trying to [...] Currently a federal Senate committee is receiving input on legislation arising from the National Human Rights Consultation. The Bills require proposed legislation to have a statement of human rights compatibility tabled with Parliamentary bills (based on the international human rights treaties to which Australia is a signatory). This is a very modest proposal. But it [...] In what is described as a first, Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has invoked Victoria’s Charter of Rights and Responsibilities to ensure that the right of two children to testify in court was not jeopardised by procedural rules. The case involves evidence that two children, aged 8 and 10, were to give against their molester. [...] In the early years of white settlement in this part of the continent, the Chief Protector of Aborigines was a good and decent man named George Augustus Robinson. He was, it seems, a committed Christian, and he advocated earnestly – if largely ineffectively – for those whose society was being obliterated and whose inalienable rights [...] September, 2010 – the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 has been re-introduced to the House of Representatives. The Bill has been forwarded to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 23 November 2010. More information is available online here:http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/human_rights_bills_43/index.htm The Bill follows from the Government’s response to the National Consultation [...] Dr Kiran Martin is the Founder and Director of Asha – an NGO which addresses the deep-rooted social problems created by poverty. Dr Martin is delivering a lecture at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday, 6 October at Lecture Theatre GM15, Law Building, 185 Pelham St, Carlton. Admission is free but bookings are required. www.unimelb.edu.au/public_lectures [...] In March, an immigrant family was spared eviction into likely homelessness by appeal to the VictorianCharter of Rights. The case has set a precedent for the public housing department’s dealings with its tenants. In particular, it gives vulnerable tenants an opportunity to have their appeal reviewed without having to go to the Victorian Supreme Court. [...] Those who feel a Charter would fail the Christian community point to Victoria’s Abortion Law Reform Act (2008) as evidence that while Charters claim to protect religious views, they don’t in practice. It is said that the amended law – specifically clause 8 – forces Christian doctors to go against their religious conscience. The Victorian [...] |
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