It is my view that a Bill of Rights for Australia is not needed, and it would allow even more interference by the judiciary in the democratic process.

However if, via a referendum, a majority of Australians in a majority of states indicated that they wanted to land themselves with such a thing, that would be a different matter.

At the moment, we have pushy academics and sinister ex-politicians working in the shadows in an attempt to force a Bill of Rights on us, in much the same way as they forced an official multicultural policy us.

Very wrong. Very undemocratic, and to be resisted at all cost.

Yeah I Agree with Leigh.

Because, if we look at countries that already have rights legislation, there is no comparitive rights. To be more precise, large sections of populations experience non-rights. And so the Left howls.

So the question is: Why is it so? Well consider it this way, if the oligarchary set the rules, then it is everyone else who must comply. Again, if the 'rights' espoused by the lobbyists come from a mass movement, the 'rights' simply reperesent that movement at that time, and wont be applicable in a later era.

To Australia.

If the 'rights' being espoused here are established under the above conditions, will the outcomes be the same? Furthermore, if these so-called 'rights' are inculcated by the Autocratic Council of Totalitarian Underdogs as a result of the putsch to take the Commonwealth in the 2007 elections, what and whos 'rights' will they entail? Will the 'rights' be obligatory, emancipatory, or socialist? Will they be designed to uncouple the individual from the state, or to anchor the individual to it? And isnt it the Left that howls about autonomy?

Will the 'rights' be reflective of the Constitution? By that i mean, will these 'rights' be designed to limit the strength -or agency- of the individual. Consider that the constitution is designed to limit the powers of the Commonwealth.

And last but not least, consider the economic implications of just such a notion. In view of US corporate law, could you just imagine a 'right' that enshrines the following: Every person has the right to do as they please; As long as this does not conflict with their obligation to make money! Holy Moley!

Down with 'Rights'.

Gadget makes some really pertinent points ,particularly about the individual being anchored to the State.A Bill of Rights will not only bring about more laws and regulation,but expand the litigation mentality that is already hurting us economically and socially.

If anything ,we need a Bill of Responsibilites to rein in the excesses of our present legal debacle.