We need an Australian Charter of Rights
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ALHR President Kerry Weste has written an Op-ed for Lawyers Weekly, examining how the unprecedented federal police raids on our media and the Morrison government’s current focus on religious freedoms highlight Australia’s urgent need for a federal charter of rights. Australia is the only Western liberal democracy without one.