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Downgrading of Australia’s open democracy status a stark reminder of the need to create an Australian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
Australia’s status as an open democracy has been downgraded in a blunt assessment released this week by a global alliance of human rights organisations.
The CIVICUS Monitor assesses which countries around the world allow people and community organisations to exercise their rights to freedom of association, peaceful assembly and…
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Campaigns Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, Tom Clarke, said the negative assessment sadly reflected the clear trend of Australian governments chipping away at…
“Restricting free-speech, prosecuting whistle…