by Chris Merritt | Dec 7, 2023 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
At its core, the debate about the release of foreign criminals from indefinite immigration detention comes down to the question of whether the government jumped the gun.Did it allow foreign murderers, rapists and other criminals to enter Australian society before it...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 1, 2023 | Chris Merritt, ICAC, Media Article
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has just issued a ruling that will ruin Christmas for this country’s anti-corruption commissions. Their days of avoiding the scrutiny of a full appeal process could soon be over. Unlike courts, the decisions of...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 16, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
The legislative fix that has just been unveiled in Canberra is more than a week late and leaves most of the problem unaddressed. This package should have been before parliament at 4.37pm on Wednesday last week – one minute after the High Court announced it...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 15, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
The most startling aspect of the latest High Court decision is not the fact that murderers and rapists have been freed from indefinite immigration detention. The outcome might be shocking but the court has not gone mad. And if the government had its eye on the ball it...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 10, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Human Rights, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Five years ago, when Vic Alhadeff was chief executive of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, he led a long and successful campaign that should have been a body blow to those who incite racial and religious violence.That campaign persuaded the NSW government to introduce...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 3, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, Media Article
What an amazing coincidence. Just as a parliamentary inquiry is considering whether Australia needs a federal charter of rights, a global report has identified a relative weakness in this country’s protection of fundamental rights. It would be a mistake, however, to...
