freedoms - senate - 1970

Contexts in which the word freedoms was used in the Senate during the 1970s

In conjunction with other nations, notably the United States of America, we wish to ensure that the people of South Vietnam have the right to live under a system of democracy, with free elections and all the freedoms that we in this country particularly enjoy. [More…]
The Minister for Health made it abundantly clear that the care of the health of the people was the prime consideration of the Government in this matter, and I have no doubt that the scheme, consistent with the proposals outlined in the Government’s policy speech, will eventually emerge for the good health of the people of Australia and will be consistent with the responsibilities and freedoms of the medical profession, whatever those responsibilities be. [More…]
It is a tragic story but is also a story of great courage because when people seek to exercise their basic freedoms the great sagas of the world are written. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
When we bring migrants of various nationalities and ethnic groups into this country we give them the great freedoms of the country to enjoy all the basic things we have created. [More…]
With freedoms given to them they established this clandestine organisation which they felt could reconstitute from Australia an ideology, religion or attitude that was long past. [More…]
That Ukraine, a nation of some 50 million people, is deprived of those national and individual rights and human freedoms which are deemed sacred in Australia. [More…]
Will such cuts, if instituted: (a) limit the scope of valuable research; (b) interfere with traditional freedoms of universities; (c) abandon terms of service regarded as part of their contract by university staff many of whom are from overseas; and (d) reduce opportunities for international contacts. [More…]
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration. [More…]
Australia, as a Member State of the United Nations, is pledged to achieve observance of Human Rights and Freedoms. [More…]
If it were not so the result would be to destroy the very freedoms and rights that it has taken us so many years to achieve. [More…]
The conference declares that, so far as Vietnam is concerned, the settlement of political problems, effected on the basis of respect for the principles of independence, unity, and territorial integrity, shall permit the Vietnamese people to enjoy the fundamental freedoms, guaranteed by democratic institutions, established as a result of free general elections by secret ballot . [More…]
As the editorial in today’s ‘Australian’ said: lt is a moratorium on ‘business as usual’ at home while a disastrous war continues in Vietnam; a harsh reminder of facts the Australian Government would prefer forgotten; an exercise of democratic freedoms to express strongly-held convictions with due force. [More…]
It is a moratorium on ‘business as usual’ at home while a disastrous war continues in Vietnam; a harsh reminder of facts the Australian Government would prefer forgotten; an exercise of democratic freedoms to express strongly-held convictions with due force. [More…]
Law is the rule under which the lights and freedoms of individuals are protected. [More…]
To destroy respect for the law is to destroy something of everyone’s rights and freedoms. [More…]
Once that tendency develops there is always the risk that the basic freedoms which everybody wants to enjoy may be lessened in some way. [More…]
The whole of our Australian democracy is built around our complete freedoms. [More…]
If we are to enjoy the freedoms that we have in our Parliament which enable honourable senators to speak on matters to which they want to speak and which are not necessarily germane to the discussion current at that time, I believe that it is very desirable, in fact essential, that they should have the opportunity open to them by moving as a matter of urgency that the Senate at its rising adjourn until some time other than the normal time. [More…]
We are getting a reputation all over the world for being racist and for denying the freedoms which are accepted elsewhere as the heritage of ail humans - the basic human rights. [More…]
This repressive Government is destroying the freedoms to which we are entitled. [More…]
In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. [More…]
I venture to suggest that someone who has the reputation of having done a great deal to ensure that there was no recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and did not meet the just requirements of public order and the general welfare in a democratic society is someone who may well be not admitted to this country to carry on in the way in which he obviously has carried on in the United States. [More…]
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. [More…]
All freedoms must have some limitations imposed upon them. [More…]
The laws which are passed in this country are laws which are essentially designed to promote the freedom of the greatest number and because they involve restrictions on some they enlarge the freedoms and abilities of others. [More…]
It is very difficult to do this because we must pre serve and maintain the basic rights of all Australians and preserve and maintain their freedoms. [More…]
But, if we have a few people who oppose those freedoms an(. [More…]
create licence, that makes it tremendously difficult, just because of the difficulty of controlling them, to maintain the ordinary basic freedoms of everybody. [More…]
The Moratorium people are those who in this case say that on grounds of civil rights and people’s freedoms he ought be allowed to come here. [More…]
They are prepared to support the erosion of our fundamental freedoms. [More…]
If we deny fundamental freedoms, my Party will suffer. [More…]
If the Liberal Party denies these fundamental freedoms to its own members, it will suffer. [More…]
If the Labor Party breaks fundamental freedoms, it is the entitlement of Senator Marriott and everyone else to get up in this chamber and denounce the Party for it. [More…]
We must insist upon these fundamental freedoms wherever they are threatened. [More…]
We will not stand by while this Government makes a mockery of human freedoms, keeps out of Australia people like Dr Mandel and keeps other people from visiting New Guinea because it is ashamed of what it is doing there. [More…]
That they welcome the statement by the Honourable the Minister for Customs and Excise, Mr Chipp, that the concept of censorship is abhorrent to all men and women who believe in the basic freedoms and that, as a philosophy, it is evil and ought to be condemned - [More…]
Therefore, insofar as the Democratic Labor Party has always supported the contention that reasonable charges should be borne by the people of the Australian Capital Territory, we have pressed accordingly for corresponding freedoms and liberties in the domestic, municipal and even Federal government areas. [More…]
Let us leave a few freedoms with our growers, but let us also do the best that we can for them. [More…]
1 believe we are leaving certain freedoms with the growers so that they have a chance to use various methods of selling their wool - even private selling, if they so desire. [More…]
So again we have freedoms coming in. [More…]
However much Senator Young likes those nice words ‘freedoms’ and ‘democracy*, we will be moving amendments to the Bill. [More…]
He was keen to mention freedoms. [More…]
1. wonder how far one can take these freedoms when they have placed the wool industry in the position it is in today. [More…]
Once an outside body uses that as a criterion to take action and is able to enforce this action then we can say goodbye to any concept of democratic parliamentary procedure, which is the very basis of the liberties and freedoms and the national development of this country. [More…]
We are approving oi: the fact that they may be appointed and saying that they should show a sense of responsibility and not ask for undue freedoms for those in universities which would not be granted to other sections of the community. [More…]
At the same time, they recognised that respect for human rights and individual freedoms and the avoidance of any kind of discrimination constitute the indispensable basis of all social welfare development. [More…]
We have heard a lot of noise from the House of Representatives .over the last year or two about bringing in legislation to protect the offshore areas of this country, but we do not see any suggestion that any of the laws are likely to be implemented, because they will restrict the business freedoms of some of the friends of the Government. [More…]
If we indulge ourselves in the freedoms to which I have referred and if we are prepared to pay even lip service to the fact that they carry responsibilities, of necessity these responsibilities involve some restrictions. [More…]
I despise those who would undermine our society by the attacks they make upon the police who endeavour to preserve the rights and freedoms of our people. [More…]
If we have those freedoms in relation to the system, if we have the freedom to exercise the right to speak in Parliament, if we have the right of Parliament to exercise supervision over the Executive, then again we have the practical day to day necessities for the preservation of the rights and liberties of individual subjects. [More…]
I believe that it is reducing the field of human rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of association and all those other freedoms without which man can never reach his estate. [More…]
At the same time it has to strike a sensible balance to ensure that those who wish to dissent and those who wish to demonstrate are protected and given that right so long as this does not mean that they interfere with the rights and freedoms of others. [More…]
Perhaps the Senate may be reminded that not so long ago each one of these freedoms was denied bv the Queensland Government during the Mount Isa affair. [More…]
I believe that persons are entitled to certain freedoms and are equally entitled to certain protections. [More…]
Really I suppose that the necessity to make this loan available to the Shepparton Preserving Company in order to rescue this industry in its present circumstances is almost as great as the reasons which drive us to make available at rates of interest which are lower than those applying generally in the community money for the purpose of building homes for the men who served this country in the hours when our freedoms were being challenged. [More…]
the freedoms to be ascribed to the. [More…]
They are entitled to take the view that this restricts the ability to debate; that it is a negation of human rights and freedoms; and that it puts the Senate in a posture different from that which existed when they came hire. [More…]
Alternatively some explanation should be given of how this can be done in conformity with the Act in order that steps may be taken to ensure that what seems to be a breach of traditional freedoms of expression may be corrected. [More…]
The rule of law recognises no distinctions dr privileges in its demand for orderly and peaceful enjoyment of our basic freedoms and for respect for the basic freedoms of others. [More…]
It would be a great misfortune if, because there was a resistance to authority, those freedoms of universities were sought to be challenged by the mass of the community who felt that students were going too far. [More…]
The ALP imagines that the use of the word ‘conscription’ will stir people’s emotions and will suggest that human freedoms are being trampled upon by a ruthless government. [More…]
It is not too much to expect from people who live in a land such as ours, with all the advantages, all the privileges, all the freedoms and all the liberties, that they should be prepared to learn something about defence so that they may defend this country if the occasion should arise. [More…]
I am reading the whole of it, and not half of it- shall permit the Vietnamese people to enjoy the fundamental freedoms, guaranteed by democratic institutions established as a result of free general elections by secret ballot. [More…]
Many ideas of the four freedoms and kindred matters were expressed. [More…]
Senator Sir KENNETH ANDERSONAN I can say that this is a free country and I have heard many people speak about freedoms, not only on our side of the chamber but also on the other side. [More…]
I go further and say to you, Mr Deputy President, that unless this world can move into regional blocs that are meaningful, that will work together, that will learn to compromise, that will learn to respect the freedoms of individual states, there will be no long term peace, there will be no meaningful working of world bodies such as the United Nations. [More…]
I think that that sort of attitude is an absolute negation of what should be the rights and the freedoms of individuals. [More…]
That is one of the freedoms which are enjoyed in this country. [More…]
That also is one of the freedoms in this country. [More…]
As a black ban has been placed upon 5 farmers on Kangaroo Island by some trade unions because nonunion labour was employed during shearing, will the Attorney-General make inquiries to see whether any legal action can be taken to assist these farmers to defend their rights and freedoms against the militant actions of these trade unions? [More…]
I have become aware of the fact that black bans have been imposed by certain union organisations which apparently would deny to certain persons the right to engage in freedom of employment, which right has long been one of the things for which the trade union movement has fought.I think that not only is it a denial of ordinary freedoms of people to prevent them from continuing in their employment but also it is denial of what every Australian should regard as something basic to his country’s future and something which he would desire to protect. [More…]
All [ intended to say, and allI think I did say, in response to Senator Young’s question was that boycotts and black bans are denials of essential freedoms - denials which I believe all Australians abhor - and the easiest way of rectifying the wrong is for union members not to engage in black bans which deny to other persons the right to work. [More…]
We have to realise that we no longer live in a frontier world in which everybody’s rights and freedoms can be expressed, as they were 50 or 100 years ago. [More…]
We live in a limited world in which there has to be a balance between the rights and the freedoms. [More…]
Accept that principle and we have an end to the equal freedoms under the law which this country has fought so dearly to possess and to maintain over the past. [More…]
I believe in freedom under the law and I believe that the law can be maintained only if people are vigilant to recognise the values which it has for society and the freedoms which it protects. [More…]
freedoms - that is, under the law all would have equal treatment. [More…]
Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. [More…]
At the same time we have heard this continual plea for the ‘rights and freedoms of parental choice’ and charges of educational injustice. [More…]
At what stage should society say that the consumption of a drug is so harmful that it has to be prohibited, even though this action does deny certain freedoms to people to do what they want to do with their minds and their bodies? [More…]
In conclusion 1 wish to say only this: J believe that the function of the state is to guarantee liberties to the citizen and not to take his freedoms away from him. [More…]
Many statements have been made on the rights and freedoms of trade unions. [More…]
I believe in freedom under the law and I believe that the law can be maintained only if people arc vigilant to recognise the values which it has for society, and the freedoms which il protects. [More…]
One of the purposes expressed in the United Nations Charter is ‘To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion’. [More…]
Discrimination between human beings on the grounds of race, color or ethnic origin is an offence to human dignity and shall be condemned as a denial of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human [More…]
<1) No State, institution, group or individual shall make any discrimination whatsoever in matters of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the treatment of persons, groups or persons or institutions on the grounds of race, color or ethnic origin. [More…]
The Government earnestly hopes that internal stability will be maintained in Uganda and that the rights and freedoms of foreign residents, including Australians, will be fully respected. [More…]
There is no objection because this is a country which values and seeks to uphold the freedoms which have attracted so many people to it. [More…]
Therefore I utter a warning to the people in local government that when offered a toffee apple they should be careful that they do not lose the whole of their freedoms and the whole of the structure which has made local government strong. [More…]
If we are to have laws in this country and expect officers to enforce those laws and to protect our rights and freedoms in this country the least we can do is to ensure that they have the full support they justly deserve. [More…]
I should not have to stress that in the Parliament we should always be concerned as to how Parliament exercises its traditional and unchallenged powers when those powers impinge upon the vocations and the accepted rights and freedoms of citizens. [More…]
So we have here pleas for both the great freedoms of communication. [More…]
Clearly, it is the mark of any civilisation that society should be concerned about the various essential freedoms of man- his freedom of speech, his freedom of association, his freedom to voice opinions and generally his basic right to his humanity We know that in the interests of society there must always be some limitations which must be imposed upon absolute freedom. [More…]
When we seek to protect the basic freedoms we acknowledge that the society in which an individual is part has some rights; indeed, it has some obligations in the interests of others to impose some limitation. [More…]
To maintain the traditional freedoms of scientists. [More…]
Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. [More…]
The object of this Bill is to give recognition in legislation of the Australian Parliament to basic human rights and freedoms and to provide remedies for their enforcement. [More…]
The Australian people are commonly believed to be jealous of their freedoms and to be strongly opposed to government interference in their lives. [More…]
The Bill is divided into 7 Parts, the first dealing with preliminary matters, the second with fundamental rights and freedoms, the third with the Australian Human Rights Commissioner, the fourth with the enforcement of rights, the fifth with the Australian Human Rights Council, the sixth dealing with administrative provisions and the seventh with miscellaneous matters. [More…]
Part II of the Bill will establish in legislation of the Australian Parliament fundamental rights and freedoms in a number of extremely important areas which are not at present covered by formal legislation. [More…]
A basic provision of the legislation is to provide that everyone is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms set out in the legislation, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. [More…]
The Universal Declaration proclaims in its first Article that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and Article 2 provides that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set out in the Declaration, without distinction of any kind, including discrimination on grounds of race, colour or national origin. [More…]
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination does, in fact, recognise the need to take special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development of certain racial groups for the purpose of guaranteeing them the full and equal enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the Bill gives recognition to this need. [More…]
Education shall be directed to the full development of human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. [More…]
If the Commission has any ideas of working towards the full development of human personality and the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, then surely we are all united in the belief that this Article should be included. [More…]
Unfortunately, the Government tends to go too far in the direction of its policies which, at times, can have a very adverse effect on the individual, his rights and personal freedoms. [More…]
We are a free country and the rights and freedoms of citizens here are as well preserved and as well protected as they are in any country. [More…]
They fail to appreciate the challenges that are made to freedoms when they occur. [More…]
It is only the Liberal Party senators plus the Country Party senators plus the Democratic Labor Party senators that stand between the exercising of arbitrary centralist socialist power in Canberra and the freedoms of the Australian people’. [More…]
In this Bill, we have made provision for committees of inquiry whose functions relate to the services provided to pensioners but I wish to stress that we will be consulting with the medical profession to ensure that, on the one hand, there is no abuse of the medical benefits system and, on the other, that the professional freedoms of doctors are protected. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
I believe that in a world in which democracy is shrinking; in a world in which violence and anarchy are growing; in a world in which freedoms are under threat, we should do everything we can to preserve the decentralisation and diffusion of power. [More…]
That whereas our constitutional parliamentary democracy was clearly developed as a Federation to preserve for all time to the Australian people their cherished right to live as free men and women, enjoying complete liberty of worship, assembly, speech, movement and the communication of knowledge and information, and whereas our existing Australian flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’ are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State parliaments, the Government-General and State Governors, and the independent courts of justice, and whereas all such rights, liberties, heritage, advancement and prosperity, etc., are of no avail if our armed forces are unprepared or incapable of repelling invasion of our shores or withstanding other military threats, so therefore must all these things be accorded the highest national concern and priority. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
The Bill will make it unlawful for a person to do an act involving discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin which impairs the enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms. [More…]
It considers that governments should take no part in anything except the defence of the country and what it calls the preservation of individual freedoms. [More…]
By ‘preservation of individual freedoms’ this organisation, like all these organisations, means the freedom of one man to exploit another. [More…]
The important point I make about the health insurance program and the changes which are taking place in the industrial relations field is simply that in both areas the Government’s policies represent an enlargement of the freedoms of the Australian people. [More…]
Again it is a question of raising the options and the freedoms of masses of the Australian people who cannot afford economically to make decisions which benefit their own children and who have to rely on the system which is provided by the State. [More…]
They also involve, in their own way, an enlargement of the freedoms of the Australian people. [More…]
These are new and real freedoms which the Government has started to give to the Australian people in the last 18 months. [More…]
We have all the indications that in this country one of the freedoms which we are to be allowed to enjoy is the freedom not to have a job. [More…]
I think that one of the freedoms which we should have in this country is the freedom to have a home. [More…]
It destroys individual freedoms and many international alliances upon which Australia has depended in the past and must depend in the future. [More…]
There are some freedoms that are basic to the Australian way of life. [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen,’ are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
Whilst the Australian Government is granting freedom and independence to Papua and New Guinea, the once free Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are occupied by the Soviet Union and their citizens are continuously and brutally deprived of personal, civil and religious freedoms. [More…]
There has been a denial of human rights because one of the freedoms which we, in this country, accept and which we seek to extend to other persons in this country who want to exercise the rights of Australians is a freedom of movement and a freedom of choice to say whether one will stay or whether one will leave. [More…]
According to the Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations, these peoples under communism are entitled to the same freedoms as enjoyed by Australians, including independence and self-determination. [More…]
We beg that all Australian economic ties be severed with these governments until such time as they grant to their peoples the freedoms freely enjoyed by Australians as enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights. [More…]
According to the Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations, these peoples under communism are entitled to the same freedoms as enjoyed by Australians, including independence and self-determination. [More…]
We beg that all Australian economic ties be severed with these governments until such time as they grant to their peoples the freedoms freely enjoyed by Australians as enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights. [More…]
One would know that under Liberal governments the ordinary citizen has been deprived of many freedoms, especially in relation to such matters as health and the like. [More…]
There are always instances which can be demonstrated to establish that rights and freedoms can be misused to achieve objectives opposite to the objectives for which these rights and freedoms are maintained. [More…]
The Bill will thus make it unlawful for a person to do an act involving discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin which impairs the enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms. [More…]
Let us adopt a policy with regard to freedoms of individuals as we apply it in condemnation of Russia. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
According to the Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations, these peoples under communism are entitled to the same freedoms as enjoyed by Australians, including independence and self-determination. [More…]
We beg that all Australian economic ties be severed with these governments until such time as they grant to their peoples the freedoms freely enjoyed by Australians as enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights. [More…]
The United Nations charter is based on the principles of dignity and equality inherent in all human beings and the charter provides that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race. [More…]
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 25th anniversary of which was celebrated on 10 December 1973, proclaims that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set out in the declaration, without distinction of any kind, in particular as to race. [More…]
We do and should continue to cherish the freedoms of this country. [More…]
Control itself should be exercised only by laws, but within those laws we can still have our rights and our freedoms. [More…]
In having and applying those rights and freedoms we should be able to live within the law and to be protected by the law. [More…]
One of the main freedoms in this country is our freedom of speech. [More…]
This Bill gives indications of eroding those freedoms. [More…]
Special measures taken for the sole purpose of securing adequate advancement of certain racial or ethnic groups or individuals requiring such protection as may be necessary in order to ensure such groups or individuals equal enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms shall not be deemed racial discrimination provided, however, that such measures do not as a consequence lead to the maintenance of separate rights for different racial groups and that they shall not be continued after the objectives for which they were taken have been achieved. [More…]
The whole position is that we, as a community, have the responsibility to extend freedoms and human rights to everyone in Australia’. [More…]
Why cannot the same freedoms apply in Queensland as apply in other parts of Australia? [More…]
It is not a program to nationalise medical and hospital services, nor does it reduce any of the freedoms which patients, doctors or hospitals now enjoy. [More…]
The Minister has claimed not once but many times that under Medibank, and under this Bill and all the ancillary Bills, the freedoms of choice of doctors and patients will be preserved. [More…]
I was discussing the fact that doctors do stand to lose some of their freedoms and I instanced the situation in Tasmania where the Labor State Munster for Health, Mr Farquhar, announced, as reported in the ‘Mercury’ on 14 November, that doctors in that State would be paid a sessional rate and that that would eliminate the choice of doctors at public hospitals from the beginning of the year. [More…]
The Bill will thus make it unlawful for a person to do an act involving discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin which impairs the enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms. [More…]
We also recognise that there are provisions in the Bill which make it an offence to publish or disseminate ideas, and we regard that as repugnant to traditional freedoms long experienced in this country. [More…]
Part II is entitled ‘Fundamental Rights and Freedoms’. [More…]
Everyone is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms as set out in this Part, without any distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. [More…]
When I refer to an act I add the words that ‘when such an act impairs the enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms’. [More…]
any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference, based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise on an equal footing of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. [More…]
This Bill will place a restriction on one of our basic freedoms- the freedom of choice. [More…]
I regarded that as a particularly significant political victory for metal trades workers, because the issue really was whether or not workers would take for themselves some of the same freedoms exercised by the employers. [More…]
I want to remind him that earlier today we were discussing the individual rights and freedoms of citizens, and we have talked about discrimination. [More…]
To maintain the traditional freedoms of scientists. [More…]
Every member on this side of the chamber is dedicated to two things- to the preservation of the great Australian freedoms and the high quality of life which is now the envy of the world, and to the breaking of the grip which the arrogant, irresponsible and un-Australian group of jackboot tyrants in the Senate Opposition temporarily have on this magnificent country. [More…]
In the course of making his statements in his war of attrition against the rights and freedoms of insurance companies and their employees will the Minister make reference to the use or misuse of the funds of various trade unions to campaign for and provide financial support to the Australian Labor Party against the wishes of large numbers of their members? [More…]
He concluded by saying that the freedom to spend one’s income is one of the most important freedoms. [More…]
to encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion, and to encourage recognition of the interdependence of the peoples of the world; and [More…]
They tend to proclaim individual freedoms, that freedom of the individual means all, but then they bay for harsh censorship laws, conscription, restricted immigration based on racial grounds, and the flogging and gaoling of people like homosexuals. [More…]
It can in the world scene pinpoint the fact that a government is acting in this ruthless and unreasonable way, denying freedoms and human rights. [More…]
In the course of making his statements in his war of attrition against the rights and freedoms of insurance companies and their employees will the Minister make reference to the use or misuse of funds of various trade unions to campaign for and provide financial support to the Australian Labor Party against the wishes of large numbers of their members?’ [More…]
It is an interdependent relationship in which we generally pursue similar values and freedoms. [More…]
According to Hobbes’ Leviathan a Commonwealth arises as a result of a group of equal and free individuals abdicating some of their rights, powers and freedoms in favour of a single body, in return for certain safeguards which singly they could not provide for themselves. [More…]
I am indeed worried that at a time when the Government is concentrating quite rightly on the economic problems which are severe in Australia it might do so to the detriment of the freedoms which we have enjoyed up till now. [More…]
There are many notable countries in the world which have demonstrated that a magnificent economic recovery can be obtained with, at the same time, the loss of a major amount of the freedoms which the community had enjoyed. [More…]
I end by centring my regard and giving an example of what can happen to our freedoms. [More…]
I wish to refer to the Privacy Bill which was passed through the lower House of the South Australian Parliament, controlled by a Labor administration, in 1974 and to indicate to the House briefly how our freedoms can easily disappear if an administration believes that it is being pursued by the media, as it would appear at least Senator Withers believes he is so pursued. [More…]
At this late hour I shall refer only to the relevant clause on how our freedoms would have disappeared in South Australia had the Legislative Council passed the Bill. [More…]
These people are looked upon as being people who have a special responsibility for upholding laws and personal freedoms. [More…]
May I respond to the question first of all by pointing out what Senator Walters will know already, that is, that individual universities are autonomous organisations- and rightly sooperating under charters to protect their acadamic freedoms. [More…]
This Act has a more general application to discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, and makes it unlawful for a person to do an act involving racial discrimination which impairs the enjoyment, on an equal footing of fundamental rights and freedoms. [More…]
The Helsinki Agreement, a copy of which I hold in my hand, contains very clear obligations which are headed in Part VII ‘Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief. [More…]
Because of that attitude the Senate, through its Regulations and Ordinances Committee, has protected the freedoms and the rights of all Australian citizens for a long time. [More…]
The taking away in the future of the right of the individual to choose his own vocation and employer is only one of the freedoms the Australian people must be prepared to forgo in the interests of the State. [More…]
All these sorts of freedoms are relative and must, in a sense, be examined on their merits. [More…]
I suppose the answer to their question is that they constitute the first cab off the rank in terms of relative freedoms, because the evidence against the product of the tobacco industry in terms of health seems to me to be absolutely compelling. [More…]
But underlying all our beliefs about the nature of society is a deep and enduring commitment to democratic principles, to freedoms of speech, belief, assembly and association and to the administration of society by legally enacted statute. [More…]
In short, I believe that Indian democratic freedoms are in the dock with George Fernandes today. [More…]
He did not, of course, support communism but he did support people’s individual freedoms. [More…]
That we believe one of the essential freedoms which contribute to genuine democracy is freedom of access to information. [More…]
I wish to quote in this debate the 4 freedoms which have been incorporated in the Charter of the United Nations and to which, I suggest, both sides of this House subscribe. [More…]
It is with these fundamental freedoms that civil liberties are concerned. [More…]
Police commissioners should have certain freedoms. [More…]
We live in a world striving to find ways for men and women to improve their standards of life and, at the very least, to achieve one of the fundamental freedoms- freedom from want. [More…]
I conclude by referring to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which within its list of fundamental freedoms talks about the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community. [More…]
This has been mentioned already as one of the freedoms to which the Government is committed. [More…]
A large part of those freedoms which I have just mentioned is the right of the individual to choose his own employment and to choose to join or not to join any organisation. [More…]
The Covenant provides that each State Party is to ensure, among other things, that any person whose rights or freedoms as recognised in the Covenant are violated shall have an effective remedy. [More…]
The Commonwealth has proposed that a Human Rights Commission be established as a joint Commonwealth-State venture, that would examine and report on allegations of infringements of the rights or freedoms recognised in the Covenant. [More…]
Once that has been done the legislation will fit in very clearly and closely with Liberal Party policy concerning individual rights and freedoms of our community. [More…]
It is beyond me why the Opposition is so against individual rights and freedoms. [More…]
He particularly looks for diversions as his regime in South Australia becomes repressive of personal freedoms. [More…]
I certainly congratulate the Leader of the Opposition in South Australia, Mr Tonkin, for the very fine campaign he is now leading to free South Australia from the tyranny of the Dunstan Government in relation to its shopping freedoms. [More…]
Polls have shown that well over 80 per cent of South Australians are seeking to enjoy the freedoms that Victorian and New South Wales people enjoy and they will vote accordingly at the next State election. [More…]
Whilst the Labor Party today raises this issue of shipbuilding freedoms in South Australia are disappearing under the repressions of Labor. [More…]
Can he comment on any dangers to our freedoms evident at the present time in some of our tertiary institutions? [More…]
Specifically, the Queensland Aborigines Act 1971-1975 and the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1971-1975 and associated regulations limit the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland in comparison with those enjoyed by other Australian citizens. [More…]
if the representative system is to survive then we can no longer order our politics so that those of us who share basic under-lying assumptions about freedoms, about the supremacy of the individual over the state, continuously light each other in essentially mock adversorial political battles … We must also have the courage to call a halt to the increasing growth of those institutions, the state, the unions, the bureaucracies which are weakening our resistance to incursions on liberty. [More…]
What we have done in recognising land rights for Aboriginals is to offer the universal freedom of personal liberty and private dignity inherent in Liberalism to Aboriginals so that they may choose their own life styles and live by their own culture and enjoy the same freedoms as all other citizens of Australia. [More…]
It was not concerned about their rights or freedoms. [More…]
The Government has taken it upon itself responsibly to bring in legislation to protect the rights and the freedoms of individuals in this country, and that includes members of the trade unions in this country who at the present time are bring tied down by so many of the radical shop stewards involved in some of the trade unions throughout Australia. [More…]
I am very worried that if what I have suggested does happen we will more rapidly than I otherwise would have expected attain the status of some sort of banana republic which has the respect of no country which would aspire to democratic freedoms equivalent to those to which I hope members of this Parliament do. [More…]
I have complete faith in the safeguards being sufficient to maintain- indeed, to expand- the freedoms that we in Australia have cherished for so long. [More…]
We have a government which talks at great length about individual rights and freedoms, about increasing the freedom of choice, about putting money into people ‘s pockets and enabling people the choice of how that money is spent and so forth. [More…]
However, several speakers in the Address-in-Reply debate- not all those speakers have been from this side of the chamber- have pointed out that there is a very serious and distressing disparity between what a Fraser Government is prepared to say about individual freedoms and liberties and what it in fact does on this matter. [More…]
Before the quorum was called I was pointing out to the Senate that during the AddressinReply debate speakers representing various political views have developed a theme, namely, the disparity between what the Government is prepared to say about individual freedoms and rights and what the Government is prepared to do. [More…]
In my view it is worse than useless- it is hypocritical- to talk about freedoms and about ensuring and guaranteeing the right of free choice and so forth if the Government is not prepared to put its money where its mouth is. [More…]
If a government is not prepared to establish programs to make resources available for people to exercise their freedoms, those freedoms on paper are useless. [More…]
While I am on this theme of individual freedoms and the importance of basic democratic rights to us in the Parliament I shall mention briefly the situation of broadcasting in this country. [More…]
That fact stands in alarming contrast to the expressions of individual freedoms and so forth with which the Governor-General ‘s Speech was cluttered. [More…]
The measures which have been announced today strike the balance between the need to respond decisively to the threat of terrorism and the imperative of preserving Australia’s character as an open society and the democratic freedoms we all hold paramount. [More…]
They have also become aware that freedom of choice, freedom of association, freedom of speech and many other freedoms which are sometimes glibly spoken of can be found only in a democratic society. [More…]
As I recall the parliaments that came after the Restoration and certainly after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, they passed a number of very great Bills- the Habeas Corpus Act, the Bill of Rights and certain great parliamentary measures- which brought about so many of our freedoms today. [More…]
What will happen under threat from terrorists, no matter how dangerous their action may be, is that we limit our freedoms. [More…]
Do we have to impose them in our free society where we are able to enjoy some of the freedoms which are not enjoyed but longed for in other parts of the world? [More…]
A free society is something which in every possible way we should attempt to uphold and preserve with its full freedoms. [More…]
Much has been said today about so-called freedoms within this building. [More…]
It is a relic of earlier policies directed to protecting Aboriginal people by limiting their freedoms and controlling their relations with other citizens. [More…]
Welcomes the decision of the Commission of Human Rights to give annual consideration to the item entitled “Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including policies or racial discrimination and segregation and of apartheid, in all countries, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories,” without prejudice to the functions and powers of organs already in existence or which may be established within the framework of measures of implementation included in international covenants and conventions on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and concurs with the requests for assistance addressed to the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and to the Secretary-General; [More…]
It is a great tragedy when both the Federal and the State governments combine to take from these people their freedoms, their land and everything that belongs to them. [More…]
They relate to the powers of university authorities and the associations that exist on campuses; they relate also to the meaning, I believe, in this case in particular, of conscientious objection; and to the significant issue of the fundamental freedoms of individuals to which I referred at the outset, such as the freedom of association. [More…]
That Ukraine, a nation of some 50 million people, is deprived of those national and individual rights and human freedoms which are deemed sacred in Australia. [More…]
Secondly, can the Minister say whether it is a fact that the measures which he has now announced are to ensure individual freedom on university campuses, particularly the freedom of association, and to ensure that those sorts of freedoms are in fact preserved. [More…]
In the Soviet Union a system which denies fundamental human freedoms, the freedom of thought, the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, the freedom of association - [More…]
The Commonwealth believes that, consistent with the rights of institutions to maintain their academic freedoms, they should demonstrate their responsibilities to maintain the democratic freedom of the individuals within those institutions, because those individuals in the institutions should be as free as other individuals. [More…]
The real freedoms are to worship, to think, to speak, to choose, to be ambitious, to be independent, to be industrious, to acquire skill, to seek reward. [More…]
These are the real freedoms, for these are of the essence of the nature of man. [More…]
So if in our society a person is denied the right to earn a living that person is denied all sorts of other freedoms, liberties and opportunities which are consequent upon economic independence. [More…]
In Australia today there are cases of people being denied freedom of choice-, which is part of the very freedoms that are in the Declaration of Human Rights. [More…]
One of the very few freedoms guaranteed under our Constitution is in section 1 1 6, which states among other things: [More…]
and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. [More…]
That on the 10th December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declares that, ‘Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration . [More…]
Australia, as a Member State of the United Nations, is pledged to achieve observance of Human Rights and Freedoms. [More…]
In this situation I believe it is unfortunate that so many members of this Parliament still see the proper basis of our foreign relationships as being whether the country we are considering is communist or pro-communist rather than whether it observes human rights and basic human freedoms. [More…]
This perception, I believe, has led us to the excessively pro-Chinese stance that Senator Georges spoke about and to the claim that we should not be critical of the abuse of human rights or human freedoms in countries such as South Korea or Indonesia for fear of upsetting trade with those countries. [More…]
We should express disapproval of countries which abuse human rights and freedoms and we should express disapproval of those who interfere with the right to selfdetermination for others or intervene in the affairs of others directly. [More…]
If we sit back with complacency at the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea because we are justifiably horrified at the excesses of the Pol Pot regime, if we ignore the excesses of the Shah of Iran because he was pro- Western and then ignore the excesses of the Ayatollah Khomeini because he is allegedly anti-Marxist and ignore what his sort of religion will do to the women of that country and to the basic freedoms of people in that country, or if we remain silent about East Timor for fear of offending the Indonesians, we have no international standing and no right to be heard in international forums. [More…]
The legislation that I am today introducing represents a balance between the needs of the nation for a strong, reliable and highly efficient security service and the need to preserve our individual rights and freedoms. [More…]
In the light of all the above allegations of racial discrimination on the part of the Queensland Government, I would draw attention to the fundamental freedoms and human rights which Australia guarantees to its citizens. [More…]
Article 5 lists the following fundamental freedoms and human rights: [More…]
Article 5 deals with fundamental freedoms and human rights. [More…]
It is frequently contended in matters brought to my office that fundamental freedoms and human rights of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in the State of Queensland are limited or restricted or denied by the Queensland Government in its administration of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs. [More…]
In addition I have to report upon deficiencies in Commonwealth legislation, principally the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, in achieving even a proper inquiry into matters associated with the exercise of fundamental freedoms and human rights for all racial groups in Queensland. [More…]
into associated with the exercise of fundamental freedoms and human rights for all racial groups in Queensland. [More…]
He carries out a responsibility given to us under the referendum for the protection of the rights and freedoms of the Aboriginal people. [More…]
In Principle VII signatory States of the Final Act recognised that individuals have the right to note and act upon their rights and duties in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms. [More…]
Most people are prepared to accept some delay and some inefficiency in the workings of a democracy as the price they pay for safeguarding those freedoms. [More…]
The essential question involves the extent to which the State can interfere legitimately with the fundamental freedoms and liberties of the subjects. [More…]
It is impossible within a democratic framework of government to protect those liberties and rights which are essential to our continued survival without some vigilance and some care directed to informing ourselves about the activities of those who would, by illegal or illicit and violent means subvert those liberties and overthrow those freedoms. [More…]
Of course the achievement of the desirable twin objective of political accountability and operational autonomy is always difficult, but a balance is required between the needs of the nation for a strong, reliable and highly efficient security service and the need to preserve our individual rights and freedoms. [More…]
Indeed, the pursuit and hounding of Ermolenko and the question of human freedoms - [More…]
We think that too great a responsibility to protect individual freedoms is imposed by the Bill as it stands. [More…]
Personal freedoms have become negotiable in industrial relations matters and the case that I have outlined has confirmed that they do not - [More…]
It does not comply with the provision of ensuring the protection of the civil liberties and political freedoms of the Australian people. [More…]
As my colleague Senator Cavanagh said, the special powers to be granted to ASIO, including powers of forced entry, search, removal of documents, bugging and the interception of mail, pose a grave threat to personal freedoms and open up a whole range of abusive activities. [More…]
In other words, will we protect ourselves or allow ourselves to be protected; or, in the course of guaranteeing our freedoms, will we destroy ourselves or allow ourselves to be destroyed? [More…]
effect on individuals of uneasiness, whether rational or even irrational, caused by feelings that they are under surveillance by those with power to harm them, which feelings may go to the extent of inducing them to restrict the exercise of their ordinary freedoms. [More…]
I suggest that perhaps it is no coincidence that the Minister responsible for the introduction of the Norfolk Island Bill in this Parliament, with all the authoritarian apparatus it contains, with all the insensitivity it demonstrates towards democratic rights and freedoms, is none other than that same Minister, who is now in a different portfolio, Mr R. J. Ellicott. [More…]
It has been aware for some time of cases of serious human rights violations in Argentina and on various occasions the Argentine authorities have been informed at a senior level of Australia’s concern with fundamental human freedoms. [More…]
That on the 10th December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declares that, Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration. [More…]
Australia, as a Member State of the United Nations, is pledged to achieve observance of Human Rights and Freedoms. [More…]
Recognising that the disadvantaged are not singled out solely because of economic reasons and that their disadvantage results from members of society regarding them as outcasts, a solution could be to integrate them into society, to enable them to have the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. [More…]
Also we must look closely at questions such as the basic freedoms that are involved and the rights of people to participate in alternative lifestyles or organisations which others may find less attractive. [More…]
Whereas the United Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property binh or other status. [More…]
Proclaims this Declaration of the Rights of the Child to the end that he may have a happy childhood and enjoy for his own good and for the good of society the rights and freedoms herein set forth and calls upon parents, upon men and women as individuals and upon voluntary organisations, local authorities and national governments to recognise these rights and strive for their observance by legislative and other measures progressively taken in accordance with the following principles. [More…]
the implications for personnel liberty of any curtailment of the right of citizens to participate in such organisations and their right to basic democratic freedoms; [More…]
That on the 10th December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declarationof Human Rights which declares that, Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration. [More…]
Australia, as a Member Stateof the United Nations, is pledged to achieve observanceof Human Rights and Freedoms. [More…]
I follow what Senator Carrick said in his answer, namely, that any freedoms must be limited by the overriding freedoms of others. [More…]
I now get back to the discussion of the great philosophers of the eighteenth century, the balance of freedoms and so on. [More…]
It is a world in which they do not have equal rights to education, employment, health services or even the restrictive freedoms that other Queenslanders have. [More…]
It is no use just looking at what they say; but if they say that with their system there will be greater freedoms, more democracy and greater justice than under the systems existing elsewhere in the world, surely all of us have a necessity to examine how they do conduct their own societies so see whether their words and the claims they make about superiority of their system and the desirability of that system being adopted by other countries is borne out by what one sees practiced within their own society. [More…]
The participating States will respect human rights and fundamental freedoms including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. [More…]
They will promote and encourage the effective exercise of civil, political, economic, social, cultural and other rights and freedoms all of which derive from the inherent dignity of the human person and are essential for his free and full development. [More…]
We are talking about a struggle of ideas between thosewhatever their views might be on economic policy, health services, nationalising banks or something else- who believe in a system in which there is freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of the people to change their government, and those who do not believe in those freedoms. [More…]
The Bill goes on to define ‘human rights’ for the purposes of the legislation as meaning the rights and freedoms recognised in the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights and any other declared international instrument to the extent to which that international instrument is applicable in Australia. [More…]
in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. [More…]
Racial prejudice has led to infringements of human rights and restrictions of fundamental freedoms as spelt out in the International Covenant on which the Act is based. [More…]
Claims have been made that the Commonwealth is not empowered to legislate in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms. [More…]
The erosion of freedoms that will be suffered by minorities is implicit in the very wording of the proposed amendments to the legislation. [More…]
I have researched the history of a number of debates that took place in Europe in the post-war period at a time when the nations of Europe were coming to grips with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. [More…]
I turn to a debate which occurred in the European Consultative Assembly in August 1949 which was discussing the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. [More…]
One by one, freedoms are suppressed, in one sphere after another. [More…]
public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others, and are consistent with the other rights recognized in the present Covenant. [More…]
Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. [More…]
I regret that we have not sought to use the test of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which I consider to be a much more powerful and much more appropriate document in current circumstances. [More…]
I seek leave to incorporate in Hansard the text of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the protocols attached to it. [More…]
Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. [More…]
It continues: public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others . [More…]
Prescribed by law in Iran, perhaps- and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. [More…]
The Bill also provided for the appointment of a human rights commissioner whose function would be to investigate infringements of the guaranteed freedoms and conciliate them if he could. [More…]
For many years I have agreed with Senator Missen who asked: Does the Bill of rights really produce something that is constructive, real and helpful to human freedoms? [More…]
Article 55 of the Charter binds all members to the principle of equal rights, self-determination of peoples, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, religion, sex or language. [More…]
To be critical of people who have expressed views along the lines expressed by Senator Sheil is easy, but quite frankly- I say this to some of my colleagues on the other side who were interjecting when Senator Sheil was speaking- I recognise the sensibility of those who openly admit that if we are to continue with our way of life, with our freedoms, it may be necessary for there to be some legislation in Australia which infringes upon this covenant. [More…]
That is one of our freedoms. [More…]
True it is that human rights are denned in this Bill as meaning the rights and freedoms recognised in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or in any relevant international instrument and true it would be that a general power under clause 9 ( 1 ) (c) to investigate matters relating to human rights would accordingly enable a good deal of the matters associated with the operation of the Covenant to be specifically dealt with; but our concern, for example, is with something like Article 4 1 of the Covenant which on its face is not concerned with the subject matter of any of these human rights but with the procedure whereby a state- that is, a country which is party to the Covenant- may declare its recognition of the competence of the international human rights committee. [More…]
Without full consultation and full knowledge and understanding of administration and operations on reserves, Community Councils can only be regarded as fronts for achieving goals which appear alien to the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms and human rights. [More…]
by inserting after sub-section (3) the following new sub-sections: (3a) Where, in proceedings in a court in respect of an offence, objection is taken to the admission of evidence on the ground that the evidence was obtained in contravention of, or in consequence of a contravention of, or in consequence of a failure to comply with, a provision of this Act, in relation to a person, the court shall not admit the evidence unless it is, on the balance of probabilities, satisfied that admission of the evidence would specifically and substantially benefit the public interest without unduly prejudicing the rights and freedoms of any person. [More…]