On Tue, 14 Aug 2012, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Jason White wrote:
Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Peter Ross wrote:
• The right to work (Articles 17 to 19); • The right to education (Article 22); • The right to housing (Article 21); • The right to public relief and assistance (Article 23); • The right to freedom of religion (Article 4); • The right to access the courts (Article 16); • The right to freedom of movement within the territory (Article 26); and • The right to be issued identity and travel documents (Articles 27 and 28).
Out of curiosity, are all of these rights guaranteed to .au citizens by the federal constitution (or whatever)?
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So Australia has guarantees more rights to refugees than its citizenry? ;-)
Here is the Victorian Human Rights Charter Act http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/home/your+rights/human+rights/human+rights+cha... Recognition and equality before the law (section 8) Right to life (section 9) Protection from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (section 10) Freedom from forced work (section 11) Freedom of movement (section 12) Privacy and reputation (section 13) Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief (section 14) Freedom of expression (section 15) Peaceful assembly and freedom of association (section 16) Protection of families and children (section 17) Taking part in public life (section 18) Cultural rights (section 19) Property rights (section 20) Right to liberty and security of person (section 21) Right to humane treatment when deprived of liberty (section 22) Rights of children in the criminal process (section 23) Right to a fair hearing (section 24) Rights in criminal proceedings (section 25) Right not to be tried or punished more than once (section 26) Retrospective criminal laws (section 27) I am sick of this "boat people drama" going on for 10 years. It is the meanest, nastiest debate I came across so far in a democratic society. The refugees are Australia's Jews: Everybody has a free kick, they are always there to distract from problems, the are too powerless so you can do what you want with them, and you can come up with Orwell speech as "in order to save lives" (Gillard yesterday) if you lock them up and let them languish and hope that they all just vanish somehow, and don't care whether they are becoming mad or suicidal or in some circumstances commit suicide. Regards Peter