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...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 15, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, Media Article, Model Litigant
As the year draws to a close and we take stock of all we have done and all we have left undone, our assessments – both positive and negative – will inevitably be based on personal guiding principles.Without such a framework we are lost, incapable of telling the...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 8, 2023 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When the United Nations Human Rights Committee found breaches of human rights had taken place in NSW, it asked the federal government to prevent a recurrence.Those breaches relate to the flawed legal infrastructure surrounding the NSW Independent Commission Against...
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...
