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Meanwhile, the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties work to facilitate safe and productive striking practice [4] In 1912, the right to strike was essentially quashed by a conservative Queensland government, led by Digby Denham, who passed the 1912 Industrial Peace Act in Queensland, which was an Act imposing penalties on strikers. Following ...
Terry O'Gorman is a lawyer in Queensland, Australia and leading civil libertarian. In 1979, O'Gorman was elected President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties ('QCCL') and served as president until 1985. He again held presidency from 1990 to 1994. He is currently the Vice President of the QCCL.
Before entering politics, Foley was a barrister and social worker, and sub-dean of the Social Work Faculty at Queensland University 1981–1983. Foley was chairperson of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (1983–1986), president of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (1985–1987), a member of the Criminal Law Sub-Committee of the Bar Association of Queensland and of the National ...
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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 ...
The legislation was criticised by the Law Society of Queensland, the Bar Association of Queensland, the Australian Council for Civil Liberties and retired judges. [48] [49] Newman responded by describing opponents of the law as "apologists for sex offenders and paedophiles".
[123] Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's approach was described as "confusing" by the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties after she stated that "everyone – regardless of their sexual status or their gender – should be afforded the privileges of parenthood" in the context of surrogacy, but failed to apply this logic to adoption laws. [124]
On 16 July 2023, the Libertarian Party Queensland (LPQ) was created as a standalone political party affiliated with the Libertarian Party (Australia). Richard Davies was elected as the president. It was then registered with Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) on 2 August 2024.