We cannot continue to take our rights for granted

The Australian Lawyers Alliance National President, Clara Davies, calls for a Charter of Rights for Australia.

For a long time we took it for granted that certain elements of being Australian were so sacrosanct that nothing could ever challenge them.

There was a time when we would never have anticipated our governments - our elected representatives, could act in a manner contrary to our fundamental rights and freedoms.

There was a time when we didn’t think we needed a Bill or Charter of Rights to protect those things which we regarded as essential to who we are.

But times have changed. Australian society has changed. Read more in Unleashed on abc.net.