by Chris Merritt | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Some mistakenly assume the rule of law is a method by which rulers subdue the ruled. It is actually the reverse. It consists of principles that enable free societies like ours to protect themselves against the arbitrary exercise of power. It gives effect to an idea...
by Sally Layson | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Open Letter to Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human rights Commissioner and the Victorian Ombudsman The Victorian Bar Association and leading Victorian QC’s have heavily criticised the Public Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill for conferring on the...
by Sally Layson | Nov 2, 2021 | All Posts, Uncategorized
The Federal Human Rights Commission needs to openly review the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 and in the meantime withdraw it (if necessary with a short extension of the current State of Emergency). The passing of the Victorian...
by Sally Layson | Oct 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The NSW Government has created a constitutional and democratic crisis by preventing the Upper House of Parliament from meeting. With the unprecedented encroachment on our freedoms if ever there was a need for the Upper House to scrutinise the Government, it was...
by Sally Layson | Aug 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Attorney, In the litigation between Andrew Laming and Louise Milligan the ABC apparently failed to act honestly and fairly as required by the Model Litigant Rules (Merritt C, 2021, ‘Taxpayers pay the price for an unapologetic ABC’s defamation disaster’, The...
by Rule of Law Staff | Mar 29, 2021 | All Posts, Uncategorized
The Rule of Law Institute of Australia respectfully considers the reasons of the General Editor in the May 2021 issue of the Australian Law Journal are not soundly based and is of the view that it would be contrary to the Rule of Law to hold an inquiry into...
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