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More rights that could be protected under an Australian Bill of Rights:
The rights to:
- Life
- Protection from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
- Freedom from forced work
- Right to liberty and security of the person
- Humane treatment when deprived of liberty
- Presumption of innocence until proven guilty
- Fair and just trial by peers
- Compensation for wrongful conviction
- Freedom from being tried or punished more than once
- Recognition and equality before the law
- Privacy
- Marriage
- Protection of the family
- Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief
- Peaceful assembly and freedom of association
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of movement
- Taking part in public life
- Voting in periodic elections held in accordance with universal and equal suffrage
- Freedom of culture, religion and language
- Maintain and develop indigenous cultures, languages and identities
- Asylum
- Protection in the event of removal, expulsion or extradition
- Property
- Education
- Just and favourable conditions of work
- Collective bargaining
- Striking from work
- Adequate standard of living
- Physical well-being and health
- Social Security
Click here to sign the petition to tell the Government to enact a Human Rights Act.
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