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  2. Human rights in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...

  3. Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006

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    Australia is the only democratic country in the world to not have a Bill of Rights (or similar protections). [3] In order to go some way toward addressing this, in 2005 the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) undertook steps to implement the Human Rights Act 2004 to formally protect de facto freedom, respect, equality and dignity in the ...

  4. Australian parliament approves law to ban under-16s from ...

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    Australia's full legislature has now passed a bill that will soon ban children under the age of 16 from using most social media platforms. Australian parliament approves law to ban under-16s from ...

  5. Online Safety Amendment - Wikipedia

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    [12] [13] The Senate passed the bill, with government amendments, by a vote of 34 votes in favour to 19 against the following day. The entire crossbench voted against this legislation, along with Alex Antic and Matt Canavan, of the Liberal and National Party respectively. [14] The House of Representatives then passed the bill again with these ...

  6. Constitution of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Australia (also known as the Commonwealth Constitution) is the fundamental law that governs the political structure of Australia.It is a written constitution, that establishes the country as a federation under a constitutional monarchy governed with a parliamentary system.

  7. LGBTQ adoption and parenting in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Law in Australia with regard to children is often based on what is considered to be in the best interest of the child. The traditional and often used assumption is that children need both a mother and a father, which plays an important role in divorce and custodial proceedings, and has carried over into adoption and fertility procedures.

  8. 1988 Australian referendum (Rights and Freedoms) - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution Alteration (Rights and Freedoms) Bill 1988, [1] was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to enshrine various civil rights, namely freedom of religion, rights in relation to trials, and rights regarding the compulsory acquisition of property.

  9. Bill of rights - Wikipedia

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    Australia is the only common law country with neither a constitutional nor federal legislative bill of rights to protect its citizens, although there is ongoing debate in many of Australia's states. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In 1973, Federal Attorney-General Lionel Murphy introduced a human rights Bill into parliament, although it was never passed. [ 14 ]