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Beware the ‘bill of rights’ trap when debating freedom of religion

12 September 2019

5:00 AM

12 September 2019

5:00 AM

Two recent events have exposed some serious misunderstandings on both the right and left about how Australia’s human rights protections work — and have unhelpfully revived calls to introduce a federal charter of rights (which conservatives should resist, despite any superficial attraction).

First, a High Court judgement found the federal government can lawfully sack public servants for expressing political opinions.

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