This post was written by Trish from Kew Library.
Human Rights
Commissioner, Tim Wilson spoke on Human Rights in Australia. The
session was guided by Michael Gordon.
Tim gave a brief
outline of what he saw as human rights (universal rights), as opposed
to civil rights (gifts of society).
After his brief
introduction Tim took questions from the audience and used these to
guide the remainder of his talk.
There were several great questions on the issues of disability; indigenous issues (including some discussion of hte Northern Territory intervention); freedom of speech (including the debate on Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act) and there were several questions relating to Australia's treatment of refugees.
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