LNP refuses to implement Queensland Human Rights Act review recommendations
State attorney general says the report does not take into account the new government’s ‘positive agenda on victims’ rights’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s state government has rejected recommendations that would have required victims of crime to be treated with respect, and protected rights to adequate housing and the right to be free from gender-based violence.The recommendations were contained in a review of the state’s Human Rights Act, led by eminent human rights lawyer Susan Harris-Rimmer.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
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State attorney general says the report does not take into account the new government’s ‘positive agenda on victims’ rights’
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Queensland’s state government has rejected recommendations that would have required victims of crime to be treated with respect, and protected rights to adequate housing and the right to be free from gender-based violence.
The recommendations were contained in a review of the state’s Human Rights Act, led by eminent human rights lawyer Susan Harris-Rimmer.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
