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Frank Brennan and Janet Albrechtsen: a contrast in style : Comments
By Stephen Keim, published 19/10/2009The campaign in favour of a Human Rights Act captured the imagination of a large section of the public.
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An essential difference between Brennan and Albrechtsen is their attitudes at the outset of the human rights inquiry.
Brennan entered the process a declared fence-sitter on the issue of statutory human rights protections, and he used the process to gain a deep understanding of the issues involved. To my knowledge, Albrechtsen has always been against statutory human rights protections. Her participation has been limited to cherry-picking the points that could conceivably prop up her view.