Should Australia have a bill of rights?

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Should Australia have a bill of rights?

There’s currently a federal inquiry into whether we should have a bill of rights. Personally, I believe that we should have one as this would hopefully stop some of the knee jerk laws that tend to be put through parliament that erode our civil rights.

Some of the “so called” anti hate laws that are being suggested at the moment border on the extreme and we as citizens, can’t do a lot about it. Why should someone who punches an Indian student be given a harsher penalty than someone who assaults an old lady who happens to be Anglo Saxon?

This is not a Liberal or Labour party bashing thread, so if you’re not prepared to contribute with a sensible reply, don’t bother as the mods will close it.

I find it interesting that when Amnesty International conducted a survey, 61 % of people questioned actually thought that we had a bill of rights.

Here’s a couple of links.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...s#ugc_comments

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...man-rights-act

I know that having a bill of rights wouldn’t stop bad things happening to good people and certainly wouldn’t change the mindset of vexatious pests like Julian Knight, but at least it would be a start.