A Human Rights Act in Australia: why and why not already?

This insightful webinar, held on 7 November 2024, explores Australia's absence of a Human Rights Act, examining the implications of establishing one and the steps required to advance human rights nationwide. Hosted by Olivia Chollet, Intern with the Edmund Rice Centre and Anne Kantor Fellow at the Australia Institute, the conversation features Senator David Shoebridge, a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, and Madeleine Howle from the Human Rights Law Centre. Together, they discuss the challenges and potential pathways to building a stronger human rights framework for Australia.

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Edmund Rice Centre on ABC’s the world program this week.


Justice Reflections From Fr. Claude

Feast of Christ, Heart of the Universe

If there is hunger anywhere in the world,

 then our celebration of the Eucharist

 is incomplete everywhere in the world.    

Pedro Arrupe SJ, former Jesuit superior general

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