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President's report
Anna Katzmann SC
Some opponents of human rights legislation have argued that a scrutiny of bills committee is sufficient to protect our rights from ill-conceived parliamentary incursions. However, the NSW experience suggests otherwise...
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Executive director's report
Philip Selth
The Bar Association raised with both the New South Wales and federal attorneys-general ways in which the major 'bumps in the road' to a uniform national regime might be removed.
Anna Katzmann SC Some opponents of human rights legislation have argued that a scrutiny of bills committee is sufficient to protect our rights from ill-conceived parliamentary incursions. However, the NSW experience suggests otherwise...
More >>
Executive director's report
Philip Selth The Bar Association raised with both the New South Wales and federal attorneys-general ways in which the major 'bumps in the road' to a uniform national regime might be removed.