Why does Australia need a Human Rights Act, and why don't we have one already?

Click here to read the Briefing Note prepared by Olivia Chollet, October 2024.


Reflections from Fr Claude

32nd Sunday of the Year

If we are to love our neighbours, before doing anything else we must see our neighbours.

With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists,

we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces.

Here it is love that is the frame we see them in.

Frederick Buechner, Whistling in the Dark

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WHY DOES AUSTRALIA NEED A HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND WHY DON'T WE HAVE ONE ALREADY?

Join Senator David Shoebridge , member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, and Madeleine Howle from the Human Rights Law Centre, for a fascinating conversation around how to advance human rights in Australia. This free webinar will be hosted by Ms Olivia Chollet, Anne Kantor fellow at The Australia Institute interning at the Edmund Rice Centre.

Registration is essential. Click HERE to complete the registration. 



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