by Chris Merritt | Apr 11, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
The revolt over proposed restrictions on religious schools is close to uniform among the nation’s peak religious leaders. But that does not mean the threat to religious freedom is close to defeat. A parliamentary committee has been working on a second plan that could...
by Sally Layson | Mar 15, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Media Article
One of the hallmarks of a free society is the right to protest – to assemble in public and express a point of view.In democracies such as ours, that right extends to everyone – even those with a tenuous grip on reality.But there is an important caveat: this freedom,...
by Chris Merritt | Feb 29, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, Human Rights, Media Article
Last week, when Kevin Donnelly addressed a small gathering in Sydney, he identified the essential ingredient that has been missing from the debate about how this country’s history is being taught in schools. In his view, the great flaw in curriculum development has...
by Chris Merritt | Feb 8, 2024 | 18C, Chris Merritt, Human Rights, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Tom Bathurst, the former chief justice of NSW, has been handed a task that has proved to be beyond the capacity of the best brains in the NSW parliament.He has been asked to review a law that is incapable of dealing with the worst of the anti-Semitic bile that has...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 4, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
On one level, this is a tale of two mining companies – one owned by Chinese communists and the other owned by Australians and Americans. But on another level, it is a warning: what happened to these companies is proof that equality before the law – one of the...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 31, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article
Back in March, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus set the wheels in motion for what could turn out to be a difficult chapter in Labor’s unending quest for a federal charter of rights. For a while, this proposal looked like plain sailing. Dreyfus asked the Labor-dominated...
