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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

This book addresses the key debates surrounding human rights in Australia: Should Australia adopt a bill of rights in an 'age of terror'? How well protected are workers' rights? The Politics of Human Rights in Australia shows that Australians enjoy only a loose and incomplete safety net of rights protection.

Australia has traditionally lacked a strong 'rights' culture. While fairness and equality have been proudly exalted as trademarks of the national mindset, the authors of The Politics of Human Rights in Australi... MORE

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Human Rights	p. 6
Understanding human rights	p. 8
What are rights?	p. 9
Human rights in Australia	p. 15
Impediments to change	p. 21
References	p. 24
Protecting Human Rights	p. 27
Constitutional protection of rights	p. 28
Common law protection of rights	p. 33
Legislative protection of human rights	p. 36
International law	p. 44
The role of non-government organisations	p. 53
Conclusion	p. 56
References	p. 58
A Bill of Rights?	p. 62
Defining a bill of rights	p. 63
The bill of rights debate in Australia	p. 67
Alternatives to a national bill of rights	p. 76
Conclusion	p. 80
References	p. 81
Electoral Rights in Australia	p. 85
Suffrage rights in Australia	p. 87
Exclusions	p. 89
Aboriginal voters and the franchise	p. 90
Prisoners	p. 93
The diaspora and permanent residents	p. 97
Other exclusions	p. 98
Compulsory voting	p. 101
The electoral roll and voting access	p. 103
One vote, one value	p. 107
Securing electoral rights	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 111
References	p. 112
The Rights of Indigenous Australians	p. 117
No rights (1788-1950s)	p. 119
Civil rights (1950s-70s)	p. 120
Indigenous rights (1970s-90s)	p. 123
Anti-rights (from 1996)	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 148
References	p. 149
Gender and Sexuality Rights	p. 154
A gender-based approach to human rights	p. 156
Internationalising women's human rights	p. 159
Australia's women's rights machinery	p. 162
Sexuality rights	p. 180
Conclusion	p. 187
References	p. 188
Refugees	p. 194
The refugee policy compromise	p. 195
Pre-2001 refuge policies in Australia	p. 196
2001: Refugees on centre stage	p. 199
Tampa	p. 199
Children overboard	p. 203
SIEV X	p. 205
The policy controversies	p. 205
The judicial realm	p. 212
The parliamentary realm	p. 215
Conclusion	p. 217
References	p. 218
Civil and Political Rights in an Age of Terror	p. 221
The Australian response to the war on terror	p. 222
Parliament as a constraint on government?	p. 225
Case studies: Hicks and Haneef	p. 229
Proportionality	p. 234
Is Australia at risk?	p. 237
Options	p. 240
A third way	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 246
References	p. 247
Notes	p. 252
Index	p. 258
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Louise Chappell is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney. John Chesterman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Lisa Hill is Professor in the School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide.

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