Darkness at Noon

In this ABC Big Ideas Podcast, Geoffrey Robertson dissects the issue of the bill of rights and deals with the various criticisms of such a possibility. I especially enjoyed his ideas around having ‘activists judges’ argument. He looks into, in detail, the potential of having a bill of rights. And points to the fact that Australia, while doing well in various indicices globally, is not doing as well as most think.

Why is Australia the only developed nation in the world without a bill of rights? What harm would it do to have one and how would it help ‘ordinary’ citizens and improve standards of governance and public services?

This lecture by Geoffrey Robertson QC is a Sydney Writers’ Festival special event.
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