Publications

Frank Brennan on the proposed Human Rights legislation On Saturday 29 October, at the ALP State Conference on the Gold Coast, the Premier announced that her

Amy Remeikis reports in the Brisbane Times (6.8.16) on planned changes to Queensland’s adoption laws to allow same-sex couples the right to adopt children, bringing the

Amy Remeikis resports in the Brisbane Times (20.5.16) on the progress being made by the state government to redress entrenched inequality and discrimination against Queensland’s lesbian

Rick Sarre writes in The Conversation (19.7.16) about legislative options available to bolster the defence of civil freedoms, in the face of continued racial and, especially,

Mark Humphrey-Jenner writes in The Conversation (17.5.16) about the issue of marriage equality, and what part it might play in the federal election campaign. He argues

Policy Online (23.2.16) carries a link to a Human Rights Law Centre report which urges Australia’s political parties to halt the erosion of our nation’s democracy and

Chris McGrath writes in The Conversation (22.9.14): ‘In shades of the Bjelke-Petersen era, Queensland mines minister Andrew Cripps made fundamental changes one minute before the mining

Hobbs and Trotter examine the Newman Government’s legislative agenda, and illustrate that ‘each reform is a step backward that unravels centuries of gradually calculated reform aimed

Professor Graeme Orr writes in Policy Briefing Online (12.8.14) that the recent debate over freedom of speech ‘has mostly been self-serving.  Much of it has been

‘Too Much Order and Too Little Law 30 years on.’  Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO: address to the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, 8 July 2014.  

Mark Lauchs examines the claim that Queensland bikie laws will infringe civil liberties.  ‘The legislation specifically targets people who are associated with named outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Michael Cope wrote in the Guardian Australia on 6 November 2013 about the assault on civil liberties by the ‘bikie’ laws.  In the meantime, let’s keep