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The wrongs of a WA human rights act: a rights-based critique.(LEGAL NOTES)(Government of Western Australia)(Report)
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National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
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December 22, 2007
- Author:
- Zimmermann, Augusto
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The Government of Western Australia is preparing to enact a human rights act. The government suggests a particular model similar to those existing in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. For such a purpose it has decided to appoint a Consultation Committee for the Proposed Human Rights Act, which has already called for public submissions on the proposed Human Rights Act and on eight questions about human rights in Western Australia. In doing so the WA Government "believes that introducing a WA Human Rights Act would help to establish a human rights culture in this State because it would create a political and administrative culture in ...