"No one left behind because we should always look after the
disadvantaged and the vulnerable... to make a positive difference
each and every day", said Anthony Albanese during his
victory speech last month. And to "unite around... our
shared values of fairness and opportunity".
Civil Liberties Australia
(CLA) chief executive Bill Rowlings highlights these comments
made by the incoming prime minister, as his organisation asserts,
that the new Labor government would go a long way to achieving
these aspirations by prioritising the enshrining of basic rights in
federal law.
Australia is currently the only western democracy without laws
guaranteeing human rights at the federal level.
