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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Rights, Refugees and Migration

January 4, 2009 – 9:44 pm

Recent experiences in Australia understandably lead many people to suggest that areas such as detention without trial, migration & asylum seeking provide key examples of why a stronger legal framework to protect human rights is needed. 
I agree that focusing on these areas provide many examples of how Australia’s legislative framework is seriously inadequate in protecting [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in human rights, immigration | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Rights blog stops as rights debate begins

January 2, 2009 – 2:55 pm

A new year is usually a time when people make some changes, but I am disappointed to see that one of these changes is the decision of Jeremy Gans to bring a halt to his Charterblog, which forensically followed the progress of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights, and the impact (or in most cases lack of [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in blogging, human rights | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Reviewing the Senate's Question Time trial

January 1, 2009 – 6:12 pm

Back in November, I wrote about the Senate’s decision to use the final two sitting weeks to trial new procedures for Question Time, with the aim of making the process more relevant and effective.  In short, questioners were given an extra supplementary question, Ministers had less time for their initial answer (2 minutes instead of 4) [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in Senate | Tagged | Comments (4)