Senator Boswell - Bill of 'Frights' not Rights

Senator Ron Boswell (Nationals) has spoken out, both in the Senate as well as in a media release, to oppose any form of a Charter or Bill of Rights.

The national Consultation on human rights is drawing to a close - the National Consultation Committee, led by Frank Brennan, is due to hand its report to the government by 30 September 2009.

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Bill of 'Frights' not Rights
Media Release, Senator Ron Boswell, 9 September 2009.

"A bill of rights is really a bill of 'frights'," said The Nationals' Senator Ron Boswell today when he raised the issue in the Senate during a Matters of Public Interest debate.

The National Human Rights Consultation Committee will report to the Australian government on options to promote human rights in Australia by 30 September 2009.

"A bill of rights was raised over twenty years ago in this place. There was a fierce public debate and my office was inundated with a groundswell of protest."

"Many were Christians who felt that their rights would paradoxically be threatened. They did not want to set up a legal framework that could jeopardise the continued existence of Christian symbols, prayers and worship. They did not want barriers to schools and churches employing people with Christian ideals."

"That sentiment has not changed in the intervening years. The matter was comprehensively settled then. The current revisit of the issue has more to do with offering a sop to the extreme left than reflecting a genuine need to change the way this country is democratically governed."....."
Click here to read Senator Boswell's full media release.