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HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTERS: Do they protect our rights? By Dr David Phillips.        The Rudd Labor government of Australia elected in 2007, like the earlier Whitlam and Hawke Labor governments, soon began pushing for a national bill of charter of rights. Nearly $3 million over two years was set aside in the May 2008 federal budget to pay for a nationwide consultation on human rights and the best way to protect them. This move followed a decision by the Australian Labor Party at its 2007 national conference to "initiate a public inquiry about how best to recognise and protect the human rights and freedoms enjoyed by all Australians".

WHY EVERY CHILD NEEDS A MUM AND A DAD. Edited by Roslyn Phillips B Sc, Dip Ed.        During a public hearing arranged by the federal Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC - now called the Human Rights Commission) for its 2006 inquiry into same-sex couple entitlements, a woman was giving evidence. All was calm until she said: "I believe that every child has the right to grow up with both a mother and a father role model."