Wisdom of politicians is frail shield for our rights

Much has been written about the evils that will be visited on Australia by “unelected judges” under a national charter of human rights.  Not only is this wrong, it misses the point according to Prof.George Williams in an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald on May 2, 2009.

He goes on to point out that under the proposed parliamentary charter model, judges would only have a minor role. The real focus would be on improving how the Federal Parliament operates. The idea is to prevent human rights problems occurring so that there is no need to go to court. More: