Quoting Jason White (jason@jasonjgw.net):
Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Out of curiosity, are all of these rights guaranteed to .au citizens by the federal constitution (or whatever)?
No. There are very few rights guaranteed in the Australian federal Constitution. Most constitutions of democratic states provide for human rights at least to some extent; the Australian situation is unusual in that those rights which are mentioned have limited scope.
Certain additional guarantees (e.g., freedom of political expression) have been found by the High Court to be implicit in the text of the Constitution.
For reference: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/coaca430/index.html
Interesting (and thanks). For whatever it's worth, Wikipedia also has a fairly decent summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Australia#Australian_Constituti... The UK's situation is also interesting: There is no explicit written constitution, but the body and traditions established by common law are regarded as embodying the country's constitution. -- Cheers, "Debian ist ein Textadventure." Rick Moen -- Klaus Knopper rick@linuxmafia.com McQ! (4x80)