A bill of rights should be tempered with a bill of responsibilities.Within that bill should be defined both the rights and responsibilites of the individual,Govt and the Corporates.

Arjay,

Definitely. As I said, Roberston has included obligations in his book. I hope he includes them in his submission. I don't remember any pro-B of R commentator referring to obligations before.

Leigh,
The book is called 'Statute of Liberty' as in laws of liberty.

I'd also suggest that a number of your statements are conditional on your knowledge of Australian Barristers and on GR. Check out his job. Consider Garreth Evans and his job.

As for commitment to Australia... a large number of born here Australians their only commitment is to themselves and what's in it for them.

Yep, I think we should definitely not allow non-Australian citizens the vote.

And they should be taxed at 100%, too.

Why should they be allowed to take good money from honest Aussie families, and the bread from the mouths of our very own children?

And they shouldn't be allowed to use our hospitals and schools either, sponging off the system like some kind of.. of... of foreigner.

In fact, why should we let any of them in at all? They only want to take advantage of our good nature and the bountiful fruits of our wide brown land without actually doing anything for it. Bunch of bludgers, that's what they are.

We've already had enough problems, what with the Irish and the Greeks and the Italians and the Vietnamese and the Chinese and the Irish - did I mention the Irish? Well then.

Australia for Aussies, that's what I say.

And I'd be prepared to wrap myself in a flag and run round the footy paddock on any Saturday arvo, just to show how Aussie I really am.

And proud of it.

The very idea that any johnny-foreigner should actually have an opinion worth listening to, is just laughable in itself.

And don't get me started about those abos.

Pericles,
I afraid I misjudged you.
You're finally starting to make sense.

I'm glad to see that Pericles is so patriotic.So in the name of patriotism Kevin Rudd should issue a currency backed by Aussie toil/resources and not borrow from international banking cartels who create money based on nothing.

What are your thoughts Pericles on backing our own currency based on real wealth?