Human rights: why we need a charter

Writing in Crikey (February 11, 2010) Mark Blumer, President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance laments the “emotional, fear-mongering and ill-informed comments” which too often characterise opposition to an Australian human rights charter.

Read his full response to the most recent such attack, published in The Australian, from a researcher from the right wing think-tank CIS (Centre for Independent Studies).