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jOcelyN
Joined: 14 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:05 am Post subject: should Australia have a "bill of rights" in the Co |
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hi my name is Jocelyn Lim from Malaysia....
i would like to know that do you think that A "bill of rights" is needed in the Australian Constitution?
would it better protect the needs and rights as well as the freedoms of the citizens of Australia ?????
thanks
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adleberg
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:42 am Post subject: |
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last year I would have said a definite NO
now however with the way the govt is stripping away legal basic rights of all australians with the media turning a convenient blind eye I would say as soon as possible! |
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jOcelyN
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:47 am Post subject: BILL OF RIGHTS |
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Y WOULD U SAY THAT??
WAT RIGHTS ARE BEING STRIPPED BY THE GOVT?? |
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adleberg
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:48 am Post subject: |
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Like many western nations, Australia has jumped right on the anti-terror legislation band wagon. The updated terror laws recently passed, without so much as a passing mention in the media, undermine basic human rights such as any sense of a fair trial and the basic assumption of innocent until proven guilty. I didnt beleive it was so bad until the recent example of the first man to be charged under the laws - Faheem Khalid Lodhi. How can you defend yourself if you can't see the evidence? How can a jury decide if IT cant see the evidence?
It makes a mockery of the court system and relegates it to a formality.
Yes this is a quote from the court trasncript:
Prosecutor: I can't show you the evidence, but let me assure you it's compelling.
The sad truth is that nobody will say anything until the accused has a name like Smith.
Dateline SBS did a report on the laws, its very troubling.
http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=transcript&dte=2006-06-28&headlineid=1140
This is the bill itself. The changes effectively mean that terrorism comes down to interpretation of the individual, not the evidence.
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/Bills1.nsf/framelodgmentattachments/014E79211AB67AE5CA2570AE0009852C
People of other countries take note - this is not an isolated incident |
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Muzz
Joined: 19 Aug 2006
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Jihad Jack Thomas is Anglo-Celtic in background. He was recently freed on appeal. Perhaps all i's and t's were not dotted and crossed. |
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Ch33kY
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| If these are supposedly Australian values, then we should have a Bill of Rights in the Constitution. |
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