A Human Rights Act for Queensland?

HR4Q, HR4Q Part2 – Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath MP (30 October 2015) You Tube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENljz4ajFQA>.

Queensland Parliament, Human Rights Inquiry: Terms of Reference (3 December 2015) <https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-committees/committees/LACSC/inquiries/current-inquiries/14-HumanRights> cl 2(b).

These occurred in R v Momcilovic [2010] VSCA 50 and In the matter of an application for bail by Islam [2010] ACTSC 147.

Original research by authors using data from AustLll: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/>.

Young Michael Brett , From Commitment to Culture: The 2015 Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (2015) iii.

Law Institute of Victoria, Submission No 79 to the Independent Reviewer, Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) 2–3.

Human Rights Law Centre, Victoria's Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities: Case Studies from the First Five Years of Operation (March 2012).

Ibid 15–16.

Ibid 31.

Australian National University, ACT Human Rights Act Research Project, A Report to the ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety (2009) 6.

Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee, Parliament of Victoria, Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (2011) x. The calculation of the annual cost per citizen comes from Schokman Ben , ‘50 Cents is a Wise Investment to Protect Fundamental Rights’ (Human Rights Law Centre, 2 September 2011) <http://hrlc.org.au/50-cents-is-a-wise-investment-to-protect-fundamental-rights/>.

Young Brett , above n 5; ACT Human Rights Commission, Look Who's Talking: A Snapshot of Ten Years of Dialogue under the Human Rights Act 2004 by the ACT Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner (2014).

Charter, s 39(1).

Young Brett , above n 5, 119.

Law Institute of Victoria, above n 6, 19.

HRA, s 40C(2).

Original research by authors, using data on the ACT Supreme Court, the ACT Court of Appeal, and the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal from AustLll: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/>.

Young Brett , above n 5, 126.

Human Rights Consultation Committee, Rights, Responsibilities and Respect (2005) 117.

Ibid.

Department of Justice and Community Safety, Human Rights Act 2004: Twelve-Month Review – Report (2006) 23.

HRA s 38.

ACT Human Rights Commission, above n 12, 14.

Young Brett , above n 5, 179.

Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission, Submission No 90 to the Independent Reviewer, Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic), 44–5.

Human Rights Law Centre, Submission to the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee, Inquiry and Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act2006, 1 July 2011, 12.

Young Brett , above n 5, 177.

Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee, Alerts Digest No 13 of 2014 (2014) Parliament of Victoria <http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/sarc/Alert_Digests/Alert_Digest_No_13_of_2014.pdf> Appendix 5.

Williams George Reynolds Daniel , ‘The Operation and Impact of Australia's Parliamentary Scrutiny Regime for Human Rights’ (2015) 41 (2) Monash University Law Review.

Legislative Assembly (ACT), Standing Orders and Continuing Resolutions of the Assembly, June 2015, Standing Order 175.

ACT Human Rights Commission, above n 12, 13.

Charter s 32.(1); see also HRA s 30.

Charter s 32(2); see also HRA s 31(1).

[2004] 2 AC 557.

(2011) 245 CLR 1.

Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288 (2014) 254 CLR 185, 242.

See Young Brett , above n 5, 148.