Download the draft Human Rights Bill

By New Matilda on November 4, 2005 Australian Politics

New Matilda’s Act Campaign

Australia is the only Western country without a national Human Rights Act or equivalent. New Matilda seeks to change this. It has produced a draft Human Rights Bill and it wants to know what you think of it.

Human Rights Bill 2006 (word) (pdf).

Human Rights Bill Explanatory Information (word) (pdf).

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